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ART EXPERT FRANCES CHRISTIE
A shopper bought a painting for just a few dollars at a thrift shop in 2024. Experts later linked it to Frans David Oerder, with its value reaching $120,000A painting purchased for under £30 at a thrift store was later valued at up to £18,000. The artwork, created by Frans David Oerder, capture...
A 1666 Dutch masterpiece spent decades hidden in a filthy Connecticut barn attic; after nearly 30 years, the forgotten painting sold for more than $7 millionWhat are the chances of spotting a million-dollar treasure lying in filth, recognising its value and revealing it to the world? Meet Frans ...
Quote of the day by Agatha Christie: 'Love can be a very frightening thing. That is why most great love stories are tragedies...' Deep love lessons on relationships, heartbreaks, emotional strength, vulnerability and accepting life’s uncertainties by the legendary writerAgatha Christie’s quote of the day, “Love can be a very frightening thing. That is why most great love stories are tragedies,” looks at lov...
Artist turns a missing NYC subway tile into living art with chia seeds. 2 days later, she gets a response from Zohran Mamdani’s teamSouth Korean-American artist Eujue has turned an otherwise overlooked missing subway tile at Delancey Street into a striking example of liv...
Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Leo's popemobile parade along Champs-Elysees ahead of MassPope Leo XIV conducted an outdoor Mass in Paris that drew an estimated 700,000 people to the Champs-Elysees. The event highlighted the cont...
Rabindranath Tagore’s letters to Suniti Kumar Chatterji up for auction, valued at Rs 35-60 lakhFour letters written by Rabindranath Tagore to linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterji between 1928 and 1940 will be auctioned by AstaGuru on Septe...
A California woman built a 10,363-sq-ft French-style mansion over a 1966 house which she bought for $2.9 million in 2019; it is now listed for $29 millionA newly constructed French style estate called Maison de Campagne in Rancho Santa Fe, California, has been listed for $29 million even thou...
Quote of the day by Agatha Christie: 'Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her...' - Life lessons on what love teaches about trust, deception, emotional attachment and how being emotional can cloud judgment by the iconic British authorQuote of the Day by Agatha Christie: “Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her” is a line from Agatha Christie...
Global Market: Eurozone bond selloff eases as yields remain near multi-year highsEurozone government bond yields remain near multi-year highs as resilient economic activity and elevated oil prices fuel expectations of fu...
Is AI really stealing from artists? The uncomfortable truth about originality in artContemporary art is at the forefront of navigating the intricate relationship between authorship and AI technology in visual culture. Artis...
In 2024, a Hamptons shopper paid $50 for a barn-sale painting. Experts identified it as Emily Carr’s 1912 artwork, which later sold for $290,000 at auctionA painting bought for just $50 at a Hamptons barn sale has been identified as Emily Carr’s 1912 work Masset, Q.C.I. The artwork was later a...
Woman buys necklace for Rs 1,400 at flea market; 70 years later, discovers it is an original silver-wire and cord piece worth Rs 2.5 croreA woman bought a necklace for just Rs 1,400 at a Brooklyn flea market, only to discover decades later that it was an original artwork by re...
A painting bought for £2,090 at auction looked ordinary. Experts later identified it as a lost Helen McNicoll masterpiece valued at £300,000Helen McNicoll painting: A painting bought for £2,090 at a regional auction house turned out to be a long-lost work by Canadian Impressioni...
Asian Games 2026: India's Chef de Mission Sahdev Yadav says logistical issues resolved, backs contingent for more medalsIndia's Chef de Mission for the Asian Games 2026, Sahdev Yadav, said logistical issues concerning accommodation, transport and food have be...
Asian Games 2026: India open kabaddi campaign with 49-24 win over JapanIndia's men's kabaddi team began their Asian Games 2026 campaign with a decisive 49-24 victory over Japan. Athletes also secured medals in ...
In 1879, a French postman Ferdinand Cheval stumbled over an unusually shaped stone; 33 years later, he had built a palace in his vegetable gardenFerdinand Cheval’s work was not immediately treated as a major artistic achievement. His creation existed outside conventional architectura...
Quote of the Day by Agatha Christie: ‘Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more’ - a lesson on healingQuote of the Day by Agatha Christie explores the quiet wisdom of stepping away when life hurts, using a simple observation about dogs to re...
A dusty painting sat unnoticed in a French attic for years; when experts examined it, the forgotten artwork was identified as a lost Caravaggio worth over $100 millionCaravaggio painting: A dusty painting found in a French attic was identified as a lost Caravaggio. This artwork, depicting Judith beheading...
Wisdom of the day by Arthur Conan Doyle: 'To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is...' -inspiring life lessons on art, beauty and how the smallest things can bring the most joyWisdom of the day by Arthur Conan Doyle: Arthur Conan Doyle believed art's keenest pleasures come from its least important forms. He sugges...
Andy Warhol created digital art in 1985 and left it on obsolete floppy disks; 36 years later, 5 recovered works sold as NFTs for $3.38 millionAndy Warhol created digital art on a Commodore Amiga computer in 1985. Researchers recovered these forgotten digital works from floppy disk...