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Art Deco portrait by Lempicka sells for £6.6 mln in London

A sleek Art Deco portrait by Warsaw-born artist Tamara de Lempicka sold for £6.6 million (€7.9 mln) at the Christie’s auction house in London on Wednesday.

The artist is regarded as the very embodiment of the Jazz Age. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

Rare piece by Tamara de Lempicka expected to fetch record price—but who was the Polish artist?

Resurfacing after 40 years, a painting by Warsaw-born Tamara de Lempicka is projected to fetch up to £8 million (€9.63 million) when it goes under the hammer this evening at Christie’s auction house in London.

The "Woman Carrying the Embers," a painting by Flemish Rennaissance artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Photo: X/brand_arthur

Art sleuth finds 17th century painting stolen from Polish museum 51 years ago in Holland

A 17th century painting listed on Poland’s ‘most wanted’ list after it was stolen from a Polish museum in 1974 has resurfaced in the Netherlands.

The portrait, depicting Pope Urban VIII, was discovered over 60 years ago. Photo:

Caravaggio hidden masterpiece on display in Rome for the first time

A portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio held in a private collection since it was discovered more than 60 years ago is being shown to the public for the first time in a museum in Rome.

Activists throwing tomato soup at Van Gogh's painting. Photo: Just Stop Oil/ X

Climate activists renew attack on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ painting

Three Just Stop Oil activists threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings in London's National Gallery on Friday, just hours after two other members of the protest group were jailed for doing the same thing in 2022.

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Iconic Polish painting thrust back into the spotlight thanks to Lady Gaga

A painting of a Polish Renaissance-era court jester is enjoying a fresh wave of appreciation from an unlikely audience after being featured on the back cover of Lady Gaga’s forthcoming album.

Wioleta Rzążewska presenting her artwork. Photo: Michał Woźniak

Old photos from a dusty handbag. Bygone country life in the paintings of Wioleta Rzążewska

Women sorting harvested potatoes. A man with a scythe in a field of wheat. A young couple on a motorcycle. A wedding. A funeral. Scenes from daily life in the countryside as it was 70 years ago.

Farmhouse Among Trees by Van Gogh

Sole piece of Van Gogh art in Poland goes on public display

After a lengthy authentication and conservation process, the only artwork by Vincent van Gogh to be held in a Polish collection will go on public display in Warsaw on April 26.