Using artificial intelligence, one of Rembrandt van Rijn’s most iconic works of art, Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Bannick Cocq – better known as The Night Watch – has had missing sections reconstructed to give viewers’ an insight into how Rembrandt’s painting originally looked.
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For many years an unassuming painting hung on the wall of a country home in the province of Rome, simply attributed to the Dutch school, until one day it fell. A restorer was called upon to fix the damage to the frame, but soon realised it was indeed a long-lost painting by the Dutch master Rembrandt (1606-1669).
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An extremely rare Edward III gold coin, known as a ‘leopard’, has been discovered by a metal detectorist in Reepham, Norfolk. Experts believe the 23-carat coin was lost in the wake of the Black Death and could change our understanding of Britain’s medieval economy.
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The Victoria & Albert museum has recently opened their new permanent gallery, Design 1900-Now, which aims to “tell a different story of [the] 20th and 21st century” focusing on “design and society”.
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A rare painting by the iconic musician David Bowie (1947-2016) has been found languishing at a landfill in Canada. Cowley Abbott auction house is set to sell the vibrant work online with bidding already surpassing the original estimate of C$9000-$12,000 (£5200-£6900).
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Following a four-year renovation, the renowned Courtauld Gallery in London will open its doors again in November 2021. London-based architects Witherford Watson Mann designed what is now considered the most significant modernisation project in the gallery’s history, costing over £57 million.
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The Queen’s Birthday Honours list was published on 11th June 2021, in which over 1,000 individuals were celebrated for their service to the country. The list, which is the most ethnically diverse list to date, with some 15% of recipients coming from an ethnic minority background, acknowledges the considerable contribution many professionals from the art world have made.
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An independent panel of scholars and experts from Belgium have called on the country’s government to repatriate colonial-era acquisitions, citing a “lack of initiative from museums and government”. The panel have urged authorities to consider their guidelines for dealing with the nation’s colonial collections, which resemble those adopted in Germany in 2019.
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Hundreds of postcards sent in from around the globe are now the star attraction of the reopening exhibition at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea. Last summer, the gallery invited the public to “get your creative caps on” and send them postcards that expressed what was important to them and their hopes for the future.
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The Victoria & Albert’s newly refurbished Raphael Court – home to one of the most important treasures of Renaissance art in the UK, the Raphael Cartoons – was the spectacular backdrop for an orchestral performance by the Academy of St Martins in the Fields. The event was filmed, and marks a new type of collaboration between the worlds of classical music, art and film.
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