Italian Couple Uncovers Raphael Copies in their Apartment

CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy—In 1972, Tarcisio and Teresa de Paolis decided that they wanted an extra bathroom for their apartment, which is located just outside Rome in a former medieval tower, and, being a handyman, Mr. de Paolis decided to handle the work himself. However, as he removed plaster from an apartment wall, he made a shocking discovery: an immaculate fresco.
“First I came across Saint Peter’s sword, then his hand and arm,” de Paolis told the Agence France-Presse. After removing more plaster, [...]

18-foot fork in the Pasadena road, erected as a birthday prank

Pasadena has a literal fork in the road.
Where South St. John and Pasadena Avenues divide, there’s an 18-foot wooden fork in the median.
The art was originally intended as a birthday joke for Bob Stane, who celebrated his 75th birthday Oct. 29, but the city and Caltrans, which owns the median, are in talks to keep it temporarily.
“He was hysterical. He loved it,” said Stane’s wife, Beverly, of Altadena.
Stane first playfully suggested that the location might be appropriate for a fork [...]

‘The Young Archer’ sculpture is from Michelangelo?

The object in question is “Young Archer,” a life-size marble carving of a naked boy that might or might not be the earliest known work by Michelangelo. It is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum in the bright and airy Vélez Blanco Patio, where viewers are invited to decide for themselves what to believe.
As is widely known by now, the boy with the missing arms and feet was displayed for many years in the rotunda of the Fifth Avenue [...]

London show reveals UK sculpture’s Wild Things

LONDON – An enormous robotic figure astride a drill, a sculpture of entwined lovers and the head of American poet Ezra Pound tell the tale of how three artists transformed British sculpture at the start of the 20th century.
“Wild Thing” on at the Royal Academy of Arts in London until January 24th recounts the emergence of works by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, American Jacob Epstein and Briton Eric Gill, whose industrial, natural and sexually charged works changed the landscape of British sculpture [...]

André-Charles Boulle Retrospective at the Museum of Decorative Arts of Frankfurt

The first ever retrospective about André-Charles Boulle, the most illustrious cabinetmaker of all time, opened on October 28. With a scenography by Juan Pablo Molyneux, it takes place in the Museum of Decorative Arts of Frankfurt, the emblematic building created by Richard Meier. It was conceived by two French art historians, Jean Nérée Ronfort and Jean Dominique Augarde, in close cooperation with Professor Ulrich Schneider, director of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Museum of [...]