Where is the original Mona Lisa painting today? Who owns it, and why it never travels

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, a masterpiece, resides at the Louvre, protected by advanced security. Its journey from ...
Artnet

Inside the Gilded World of Edwardian High Society at Buckingham Palace

Marking the final flourish of aristocratic splendor before the upheaval of World War I, the Edwardian era is remembered for its opulence, leisure, and devotion to style. A new exhibition at Buckingham ...
Artnet

From Old Master Paintings to Royal French Furniture—the ‘Eccentric’ Collection of an Hermès Heir Heads to Sotheby’s

The late Hubert Guerrand-Hermès lived the glamorous life of a bon vivant, a connoisseur of art in all its forms. He was, after all, the great-great-grandson of the founder of Hermès and a top ...
AOL

King Charles Shares Art from His Personal Collection for an Inside Look at Royal Tours

On July 9, King Charles and Queen Camilla welcomed artists who have captured their foreign tours in art for a new exhibit at Buckingham Palace It came just hours after they hosted the state banquet ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Lost Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Discovered in English Palace’s Storeroom

Conservator Adelaide Izat works on Susanna and the Elders, a painting newly reattributed to Artemisia Gentileschi. Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King ...

Halton Hills artist gets painting into King Charles’ collection; see it in Georgetown this February

For local artist and curator Marlene Madole, the news that her painting was selected for the Royal Collection Trust was the fulfilment of a “lifetime dream.” ...