Rijksmuseum

Hackers reportedly forced a Dutch Museum to pay ₤2.4M for an 1824 painting related to John Constable: A view of the Hampstead Heath-Child’s Hill, Harrow in the Distance. Later it was discovered that the cyber crooks posed as an art dealer in London to notch the deal which was fake…

Jeffrey Brown: There are no selfies being taken with the Mona Lisa right now. We captured this scene at the Louvre last year during the blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci exhibition.Instead, a new kind of selfie with art is making its way through social media, an updated version of Grant Wood's…

Even though a visit to a gallery or museum is unimaginable right now, the International arts community has risen up to the occasion! From London’s National Gallery to the Musee d’Orsay of Paris, and the iconic Solomon Guggenheim Museum New York, the choice of online and interactive tours, some with…

by Anne Laurie|  April 15, 20206:10 am| 141 CommentsThis post is in: KULCHA!, Open ThreadsThe best one I’ve seen so far 😍 @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/eU0soRFsKj— M.E. Leah (@MorganEllisLeah) April 13, 2020… to the best of one’s ability, under the current circumstances. Where would we be without our stubborn sense of beauty — and…

Mateys, we have another fab trip to Amsterdam for you next, and even better we have found a lush 5* hotel to stay in and the deal is still under £200* per person!This is a great deal as we have chosen dates when the famous Light Festival is on, there…

London: Hackers stole £2.4 million ($4.7 million) that a museum paid for a John Constable painting, as experts warn that fraudsters are targeting the art world.The criminals intercepted emails between Rijksmuseum Twenthe in the Netherlands and Simon Dickinson, a London art dealer, who were arranging the sale of Constable's 1824…

Team Johnny Jet is the collective, collaborative mouthpiece of JohnnyJet.com.Photo by Aditya Vyas on UnsplashLooking for free things you can do at home during quarantine? With social distancing rules in full effect, people all over the country and the world no longer have their usual access to live music, art,…

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum has a collection of over 1 million paintings and other objects. Unfortunately, like most other major museums around the world, it is currently closed to the public. However that doesn't mean that you can't still visit the museum virtually from your own home.Rijksmuseum Masterpieces Up Close allows you…

One can only tolerate so many educational videos in self-isolation before the brain begins to rebel. Hands-on learning. That's what we're craving. And ultimately, that's what the Getty provides with an addictive challenge to captive audiences on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to re-create iconic artworks using three household objects. Participants are encouraged…

Photo: J. Paul Getty Museum; Instagram Until last month, you probably had neither the time nor the inclination to recreate a Jeff Koons sculpture out of a pile of old socks. But that was in your previous life. Now that we’re all trying to stave off isolation madness by finding…