The Painted Word

I just found this online. Looks like a pretty big gash.
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There’s a new movie coming out that supposedly details murder as the hidden meaning behind Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”. The movie recounts Rembrandt’s uncovering of a murder conducted by the militia-men pictured in the painting. He later was commissioned to paint a portrait of these men. There are supposed clues hidden […]

The Telegraph has an interesting article discussing the problems that can occur when a work of art is transported between museums.
Moving pieces of art means that some works get lost, damaged, or stolen. Considering this, is transportation worth it for the painting to just appear at a crowded show where no one can really […]

A researcher thinks he has possibly discovered a hidden image of a woman holding a child in Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” The researcher decided to scan The Last Supper, print it on transparent paper, and then superimpose it in reverse on the original image.
“Pesci further claims that the two figures on […]

A new book takes an interesting look at interpreting Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party” through a work of fiction. The book of the same name as the painting is by Susan Vreeland who has made a career out of writing fiction novels centered around classic works of art.
“The painting unfolds through the […]

In a new book by German author Klaus Schröer, he looks through all the inconsistencies noted in the Ghent Alterpiece over the years by art historians and after 10 years of research concludes that the composition of the center panels was meant to possibly be the ground plan for the church La Vera Cruz in […]

The Louvre has recently agreed to take the same path as the Guggenheim and franchise its name to Abu Dhabi developers for $520 million. For “only” $747 million the Louvre will also include management advice, art loans and special exhibitions. The total price of this deal is said to be $1.3 billion […]