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Jun 24, 2020

Famous 'immaculate conception' painting is unrecognizable after art restoration failure

A botched restoration has left yet another famous painting unrecognizable. This time, the restoration has left a painting of the Virgin Mary looking more like a kindergartener's lopsided self-portrait. The painting was a copy of The Immaculate Conception of El Escorial, of the Virgin Mary was one of a famous...

Jul 1, 2020

Did Leonardo da Vinci's 'quick eye' help him capture Mona Lisa's fleeting smile?

The famed Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci may have been blessed with the same quick eye that may give top tennis and baseball players an edge. In Leonardo's case, this super-vision may have enabled him to see and capture fleeting moments in his paintings — such as the enigmatic half-smile...

Jul 21, 2020

Picasso painting found hidden beneath his famous 'Still Life'

A hidden drawing by Pablo Picasso has been found beneath one of the artist's abstract paintings, called Still Life. A team from the Art Institute of Chicago was interested in looking more closely at the painting, which is held at the institute, to help understand its complex layers of paint...

Nov 12, 2020

Botched restoration leaves Spanish statue looking like a confused potato head

Is it ... a statue that's melted in the heat? Forky from Toy Story 4? A clay figure crafted by a preschooler? President Donald Trump? In yet another extraordinary restoration-gone-awry, a 20th-century Spanish statue of a smiling woman next to a flock of livestock has turned into a slightly confused-looking...

Nov 23, 2020

Rebuilding Notre Dame will be incredibly hard

Putting out the inferno that tore through the roof of Notre Dame in April 2019 was only the beginning of saving the iconic cathedral. From the precarious spaghetti of burnt scaffolding hanging over the building to the potential for the walls to collapse on themselves, architects and conservation experts had...

Nov 28, 2020

The best Lego sets for alien, sci-fi, space fans and more

Attention, Lego fans! If you love aliens and UFOs, or spaceflight and sci-fi, we've got the perfect sets for you and your kids. From the cutest (or creepiest?) alien minifigures, to alien spaceships, to Star Wars droids and real NASA spacecraft, this gift guide is bursting with fun ... and...

Dec 14, 2020

Longest-exposure photo ever was just discovered. It was made through a beer can.

Eight years and one month ago, a Master of Fine Art student at the University of Hertfordshire fitted a beer can with photographic paper and created a low-tech pinhole camera. She then placed the can on a telescope at the university's Bayfordbury Observatory and eventually forgot about the project. Now,...

Jan 20, 2021

Italian cops recover stolen da Vinci replica no one knew was missing

An important copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous “Salvator Mundi” painting is back in the hands of an Italian museum after being stolen at some point in the last year. No one knew it was missing. Police found the copy, which shows Jesus with his right hand raised in a...

Feb 22, 2021

Australia's oldest rock painting is an anatomically accurate kangaroo

A nearly-life-size depiction of a kangaroo — realistic genitalia included — is the oldest known rock painting in Australia. Scientists recently pinpointed its age to 17,300 years ago with a technique that had never been used on Australian ancient art before: measuring radioactive carbon in wasp nests from rocks near...

Feb 22, 2021

Hidden 'madman' message on 'The Scream' traced back to Munch himself

Written in tiny faint letters on the top-left corner of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream, is a mysterious inscription that reads, Could only have been painted by a madman! Experts have long debated the identity of the inscriber, with some suggesting a dissatisfied vandalizer is the author, while others pointed...

Apr 9, 2021

Europe's oldest map, a stone slab, unearthed in France

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study. The Saint-Bélec Slab dates back to the early Bronze Age (2150-1600 B.C.) and was first discovered in 1900 in a prehistoric burial ground in Finistère,...

Apr 11, 2021

Did Marie Antoinette really say 'Let them eat cake'?

Did Marie Antoinette really utter the infamous words, Let them eat cake? The quick answer to this question is a simple no. Marie Antoinette, the last pre-revolutionary queen of France, did not say Let them eat cake when confronted with news that Parisian peasants were so desperately poor they couldn't...

Jun 19, 2021

The best Star Wars Prime Day deals and gifts for 2021

The Force is strong with the Star Wars deals for Amazon.com's annual Amazon Prime Day megasale on Monday and Tuesday (June 21-22). We've been scouring the web for all the best Star Wars Prime Day gifts to give loved ones — including yourself, of course. Here we list the best...

Jun 21, 2021

Dive into LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian's Razor Crest starship is 40% off for Prime Day

If you or your loved one can't get enough of Star Wars, this Mandalorian LEGO set of the Razor Crest might be the perfect gift. Kids can role-play the heroic warrior, the Mandalorian, who enters the Star Wars universe after the fall of the Empire. Take off in bounty hunter...

Jun 22, 2021

Star Wars Baby Yoda Echo Dot is 35% off for Prime Day

If Baby Yoda (aka Grogu the Child) from the Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian stole your heart, you can grab a version for your very own for Amazon Prime Day. Tuesday (June 22) is the last day to save 35% on a Amazon Echo Dot device complete with Baby...