Visual arts

Measuring about 13 inches long and three inches wide, the object was found nailed to a wooden base with silver nails

A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have the golden touch.

A 2,700-year-old mosaic believed to belong to a wealthy Roman was unearthed in a house-shaped compartment 10 meters below the ground in Turkey's west. 

A rare painting by Frida Kahlo sold in a New York auction house on Nov. 16 for almost $35 million, a record price for a work by the iconic Mexican artist.

At the same sale, a painting by French artist Pierre Soulages also broke a record for his work by reaching $20.2 million dollars.

The Alkazar Movie Theater, one of Beyoğlu's symbolic venues, has reopened its doors with the new name "Hope Alkazar" on the last day of the Beyoğlu Culture Road Festival.

Speaking about the Alkazar Movie Theater and its 100-year-old history at the opening ceremony, Culture and Tourism Deputy Minister Ahmet Misbah Demircan said a very beautiful structure emerged after the restoration.

The first part of an art collection owned by New York real estate developer Harry Macklowe and his ex-wife Linda Burg that was put on sale after their bitter divorce fetched $676 million at auction at Sotheby's on Nov. 15 night.

The PM said he would talk to PM Boris Johnson about the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece

A piece of art created by Banksy was painted over by actor Christopher Walken in the final episode of BBC series The Outlaws.

The six-part comedy-drama follows a group of misfits renovating a derelict community centre in Bristol, as part of community service for crimes they have committed.

"The mural must go", declared a placard at a protest in the centre of Belgrade on Tuesday sparked by the arrests of two female activists, Aida Corovic and Jelena Jacimovic, who had thrown eggs at a mural of Ratko Mladic on the wall of a residential building in the city.

Tourists are being offered a new glimpse at one of the largest ancient mosaics in the Middle East after renovations undertaken by the Palestinian Authority were unveiled this week.