A lost masterpiece by Da Vinci is likely hidden behind a wall in Florence, but nobody is willing to take the wall down because it ALSO has a priceless fresco painted on it.
Cleaning woman in Italy threw away artworks worth…
Cleaning woman in Italy threw away artworks worth $13700 that were part of modern art installation thinking it was trash.
President Roosevelt collapsed while being painted. He never…
President Roosevelt collapsed while being painted. He never regained consciousness before dying. The unfinished painting captures his last waking moment.
An artist named Tom Friedman created a work of art titled…
An artist named Tom Friedman created a work of art titled “A Curse”, for which he hired a professional witch to curse an 11inch sphere of air above a pedestal in the Saatchi Art Gallery.
The painter Raphael snuck into the Sistine Chapel to look…
The painter Raphael snuck into the Sistine Chapel to look at the unfinished work while Michelangelo was gone, and upon seeing the paintings, went back to a completed painting of his own at the Church of Sant’Agostino, scraped it off the wall, and started completely over.
During a 1964 hoax, a Swedish journalist exhibited paintings…
During a 1964 hoax, a Swedish journalist exhibited paintings done by a chimpanzee under the name Pierre Brassau. The journalist was testing whether critics could tell the difference between true avant-garde modern artwork and a chimp’s work. They could not, and in fact, praised the works.
Bob Ross did “The Joy of Painting” completely free of charge and only…
Bob Ross did “The Joy of Painting” completely free of charge and only made money through his art supply store. Most of the seasons were filmed back-to-back in less than three days.
Bob Ross was a Master Sergent in the US Airforce. He was required to be…
Bob Ross was a Master Sergent in the US Airforce. He was required to be “mean and tough,” to be “the guy who scream at you for being late to work.” After 20 years he left the military and decided “he would never scream again.” 3 years later he started “The Joy of Painting”.
Congo, a chimpanzee who made over 400 paintings, would scream if a…
Congo, a chimpanzee who made over 400 paintings, would scream if a painting was taken away from him before he was finished.
Salvador Dali made a painting for the prisoners at Rikers Island in NYC that…
Salvador Dali made a painting for the prisoners at Rikers Island in NYC that hung in the prisoner dining room for 15 years, when it was moved to the prison lobby for ‘safekeeping’. In 2003, three prison guards and a warden stole the painting.