It has been revealed that an unusual life-size marble skull, previously unacknowledged by art historians, is by the prominent Baroque sculptor, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) and was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667).

A remarkable collection of Brontë family manuscripts, hidden in a legendary “lost library” for almost a century, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s as part of three sales between 2021 and 2022. Comprising more than 500 documents, the Honresfield Library collection boasts work by the Brontë sisters, Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), and Robert Burns (1759-1796).

Three puzzling stone artworks have appeared in remote locations across the Lake District, causing locals to dub the anonymous artist as the “Borrowdale Banksy”.

After a year of sporadic lockdowns culture lovers are eager to experience real artworks again, but what really constitutes ‘real’ art? London’s Design Museum poses this very question with its new free exhibition about Ai-Da, the ultra-realistic android painter.

A lawsuit has been brought in the Federal District Court in Atlanta, Georgia, by over a dozen heirs of a German Jewish couple, Ludwig and Margaret Kainer, whose painting by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was looted by the Nazis. The lawsuit named as respondents three members of the Horowitz family in Atlanta, Gerald D. and Pearlann Horowitz, and their son Scott, who they claim are in possession of the painting, which is now believed to be worth $500,000-$1 million.

Muse Coffee Company in Portswood, Southampton has commissioned a street artwork after staff members experienced an increase in inappropriate behaviour from male customers during lockdown.