The material, which reflects 98% of light, will have significant use in cooling buildings and fighting climate change

New scientific report confirms that wax bust of the goddess Flora—bought by the eminent museum director Wilhelm Bode—dates to after the Renaissance

A feature-length film, screening next week in France, sheds new light on the political machinations surrounding the world's most controversial painting

Experts believe that the ceremonial carriage may have been used for wedding processions

Infrared scans indicate that the phrase, "Can only have been painted by a madman", matches the artist’s handwriting

Celtic deity from Cambridgeshire sports impeccable hair that is slightly longer at the back

It is the 88th known surviving piece of Ru ceramic, one of which sold for $37.7m at Sotheby's in 2017

Recent excavation has uncovered late Neolithic and Bronze Age artefacts and human remains

Art history scholars disagree over possible discovery of work by Renaissance master, which is owned by private collector

Researchers at C2RMF give an exclusive preview of their forensic study of all the artist's works in French museum collections

Connections have been made between the Colby College Museum of Art’s Man with a Flowered Coat and portraits of the 17th-century commander Sayyid Muzzafar in international collections

Using radar technology, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 19m-long ship beneath a farmer's fields

More than 100 painted coffins have been found at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, south of Cairo

Sworder's auction house is selling the work, which is one of many by the Romantic painter depicting the area around Dedham Vale where he grew up

Discovered by the gardener at the Ricci Oddi gallery last year, Portrait of a Lady will be the star of a series of exhibitions on the much-loved artist

New research finds teenage artist's landscapes were based on a magazine for amateurs learning how to paint

The 'Marlow Warlord' was buried with his weapons and luxuries for 1,400 years

Missing for 75 years, the large marble head, one of the artist's best-known works, was uncovered by chance during construction work at Kunsthaus Dahlem

Original book with nearly 30 images has been acquired by London's Courtauld Gallery and will go on display next year

A recent examination of the wood panel reveals that it is from the same Baltic oak tree as the panel of an authenticated work by the Dutch artist

The spot—in a village north of Paris—now has a plaque linking it to Vincent's death

A Young Woman with a Wine Glass and a Musician playing a Tenor Recorder could be a copy of a work by the great Dutch painter

Pömmelte, sacred site that was used by the ancient Unetice culture, is opening up to tourists

Art historian Andrey Sarabyanov is planning a new exhibition of forgotten pieces by Kandinsky, Rodchenko and Stepanova

If confirmed, Eanswythe's bones are the earliest identified remains of an English saint

One of very few examples in private hands, the work from an American collection is coming to the market via Agnews

Restored work—with “Artemisia” signature—will be shown by conservation studio during major National Gallery exhibition

After a long-running debate, the picture, going on show at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam today, has been attributed to Charles Giron

An intriguing letter suggests that Vincent made a very unusual sale to England

Discovery in Vienna's St Stephen's cathedral was made with photographs taken through a small hole in the marble