FORT LAUDERDALE, FL.- A small marble relief of Jesus Christ flanked by two angels and being held up by Mary was one of the last pieces that Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo ever created. This marble work is displayed next to a cast of one of hi…
Woman Pleads Guilty in Destruction of Artwork
LOVELAND (AP).- A Montana woman accused of entering a Colorado museum and destroying a piece of art, which she thought was obscene, pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanor criminal mischief. Kathleen Folden, 56, a truck driver from Kalispell, Mont., origi…
Controversial Artwork won’t Be Returned to Display
LOVELAND, CO (AP).- A piece of artwork denounced as obscene by church members and allegedly ripped up by a Montana woman using a crowbar won’t be returned to display because of safety concerns, city officials said Thursday. “The incident yesterday was…
Woman Accused of Damaging Controversial Artwork in Colorado
LOVELAND, CO (AP).- A Montana woman accused of taking a crowbar to an art museum display that has spurred protests and been denounced as obscene was arrested Wednesday on a charge of criminal mischief. Kathleen Folden, 56, of Kalispell, Mont., was accu…
Norton Museum of Art to Exhibit Painting by Van Gogh on Loan from National Gallery
WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- For the next several months the Norton Museum’s celebrated painting by Paul Gauguin, Christ in the Garden of Olives, 1889 (illustrated at right), will be featured in the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth at the Tate Modern, …
Norton Museum of Art to Exhibit Painting by Van Gogh on Loan from National Gallery
WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- For the next several months the Norton Museum’s celebrated painting by Paul Gauguin, Christ in the Garden of Olives, 1889 (illustrated at right), will be featured in the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth at the Tate Modern, …
Painting by Spanish Baroque Master Francisco Ribalta Restored After Being Hidden in Church
VALENCIA.- The old Church of San Esteban, on Colón de Valencia Street, had been its hiding place for centuries. The piece, which was completely blackened, had gone unnoticed for many years. The weather had harmed the painting, in fact, 40% of the pain…
Moscow Curators Face 3 Years in Prison for 2007 Exhibition
MOSCOW (AP).- One painting depicted Jesus Christ as Mickey Mouse, another as Vladimir Lenin. The 2007 exhibit was part of an effort to fight censorship of the arts, but the Russian Orthodox Church was horrified. Now, after a 14-month trial, the two pro…
Archaeologists and Art Restorers Find Oldest Paintings of Apostles
ROME (REUTERS).- Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ’s apostles. The images in a branch of the catacombs of St Tecla near St Paul’s Basilica…