A copy of the Mona Lisa has been discovered in the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. Prado conservators believe that the copy was created in Leonardo’s studio and meant to be displayed alongside the ‘original’ Mona Lisa, currently at the Louvre. During a routine restoration, conservators found a key discovery underneath layers of black paint. Prior to this, the painting was believed to … [Read more...]

Last week, Deutsche Bank AG and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation  announced plans to close the Deutsche Guggenheim museum housed in the Deutsche Bank in Berlin, at the end of 2012. After 14 years, the collaboration between the two seems to have deteriorated though the involved parties are not revealing any specific details for the dissolution of their partnership. The mobile BMW … [Read more...]

In 2008 Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei teamed up with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron to design the now-famous  Bird's Nest Stadium for the Beijing Olympic Games. Now they are  at it again, this time the commission is for the Serpentine Pavilion in London just in time for the 2012 Olympic Games. So far, the trio has revealed that the Pavillion will comprise 12 columns – 11 … [Read more...]