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Looking for spiders might not be high on everyone's to-do list right now, but thanks to citizen scientists and an Australian arachnologist, seven new colorful species of the teeny-tiny peacock spider have recently been discovered. One spider even resembles a famous Vincent van Gogh painting. "Meet Australia's seven newest species," Melbourne Museum arachnologist Joseph Schubert tweeted on Thursday. "Last year, I traveled the country collecting specimens of these new peacock spiders (some discovered by citizen scientists) and spent countless hours in the lab studying them. Some welcome news in tough times." In his article published in the science journal Zootaxa on Friday, Schubert describes the new peacock spiders, including one named Maratus constellatus after a well-known work of art. "The patterns on the abdomen to me look so much like Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh ," Schubert said in a video. "Hence the name constellatus, which means starry in Latin." … [Read more...] about Tiny newly discovered spider looks like Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night

PARIS: One of the few paintings by Vincent Van Gogh still in private hands sold for more than 13 million euros at auction on Thursday (Friday in Manila), Sotheby’s said. “Street Scene in Montmartre” — on public display for the first time since its creation in 1887, after a century in the same collection — fetched 13.09 million euros ($15.4 million), the auction house said. At well above the estimate of 5 million to 8 million euros, the sale price was a record for the artist in France, it added. The painting was the highlight of an auction of 33 works from masters including Degas, Magritte, Modigliani, Klee, Rodin and his muse, Camille Claudel, sold in an auction live-streamed by Sotheby’s in Paris. The painting was reoffered at the end of the sale in Paris, after the auction house scrapped its initial sale earlier in the afternoon — where it fetched a slightly higher sale price — due to problems with online bidding. Other highlights included the sale of a recently restored … [Read more...] about Van Gogh’s 1887 work sold for $15.4 million

Dutch police arrested a 58-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing paintings by Vincent Van Gogh and Frans Hals from museums in the Netherlands last year. Police said the man was held at his home in the central town of Baarn on suspicion of stealing Van Gogh's 1884 painting "Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring" from the Singer Laren Museum near Amsterdam — where it was on loan from the Groninger Museum — in March 2020; and "Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer," painted by Hals in 1626, from the Museum Hofje Van Aerden in Leerdam in August of last year. 'Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer,' by Frans Hals, has been stolen three times now "This morning my colleagues arrested a 58-year-old man in Baarn and we suspect him of stealing two paintings by Frans Hals and Van Gogh," police spokeswoman Maren Wonder said in a video statement released on Twitter. The paintings have not yet been found, according to Wonder, who urged anyone with information on the matter to … [Read more...] about Dutch police arrest suspect in theft of Van Gogh, Hals paintings

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — If you are looking for some activities to fill the upcoming Summer schedule, there are two traveling Van Gogh art exhibits coming to town that are creating quite a buzz. The shows both have similar names, similar websites, and similar experiences where guests are meant to feel truly immersed in Van Gogh’s art. And all those similarities – according to exhibit producers – are creating confusion and making it difficult for people to know which show they are actually buying tickets for. READ MORE: Plano Church Taking Easter Services To The Ballpark First, there is the ‘ Immersive Van Gogh ‘ exhibit that is coming to Dallas in June, created by Massimiliano Siccardi. “Massimiliano Siccardi is, in my opinion, the Steven Spielberg of these animated instillation art pieces,” Corey Ross, the producer of ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ explains. “He’s been doing [shows] for 30 years in Europe and millions of people have seen his shows in Europe and we are excited to … [Read more...] about Dueling Van Gogh Exhibits Coming To Dallas; Make Sure You Buy The Right Ticket

Not considered a supreme Van Gogh masterpiece, it still went for $15.4 million. PARIS - One of the few paintings by Vincent Van Gogh still in private hands, "Street Scene in Montmartre", was sold for over 13 million euros Thursday at auction after going on public display for the first time this week, Sotheby's said. The painting -- which emerged after a century spent in the same collection and has not been exhibited in public since it was painted in 1887 -- fetched 13.091 million euros ($15.414 million), Sotheby's said. Reaching well above the estimate of 5-8 million euros, Sotheby's said the sale price was a record for the artist in France. The sale of the painting was the highlight of an auction of 33 works from masters including Degas, Magritte, Modigliani, Klee, Rodin and his muse Camille Claudel sold in an auction live-streamed by Sotheby's in Paris. The painting was reoffered at the end of the sale in Paris after the auction house scrapped its initial sale earlier in … [Read more...] about Rarely seen Paris Van Gogh sells for over 13 mn euros