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‘Portion Distortion’ Creeps Into Last Supper Paintings

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2010 Imagining and depicting Jesus' final meal with his apostles has been an artistic obsession since the dawning of the Common Era, and thus it's only fitting that the holy vittles on their plates might reflect the attitude about food prevalent in the cultures that produced the artists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Patching Up Picasso’s ‘Actor’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2010 A visitor at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art made her mark, unexpectedly, on Pablo Picasso's turn-of-the-last-century painting "The Actor" by accidentally falling into it Friday and adding a 6-inch rip not intended by the artist to the lower right corner of the canvas. Big oops! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Warhol Portraits Stolen From L.A. Home

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2009 A series of silk-screen paintings, made by Andy Warhol and mainly depicting ’70s-era athletes such as Dorothy Hamill and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has allegedly been stolen from collector Richard L. Weisman's home on Los Angeles' Westside. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Art Dealer Nabbed in $88 Million Swindle

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2009 It appears to be game over for Manhattan art dealer and gallery owner Lawrence Salander, who was arrested Thursday morning and accused of stealing $88 million from various art world players, institutions and investors, including tennis champ John McEnroe. Actor Robert De Niro, pictured above next to an image of his artist-father, is accusing Salander of stealing 12 of the senior De Niro's paintings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blagojevich Immortalized in Nude Painting

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2008 The good news for embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in this report is that a Chicago artist is using the governor's likeness as inspiration for his latest painting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sketches Found on Back of Da Vinci Painting

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2008 Someone call Dan Brown: French painting experts have discovered faint drawings on the back of Da Vinci's painting "The Virgin and Child With St. Anne" at Paris' Louvre Museum, including a sketch of a skull. Intrigue abounds! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )