In the 1960s, archaeologists working in China made an extraordinary discovery. They unsealed the twe...

In Munich in 2013 a giant haul of missing masterpieces was discovered. Cornelius Gurlitt was the man...

Each year Carl Fabergé made a one of a kind Easter egg for the Tsar’s family. But Carl was forced to...

When Van Gogh died he was a complete unknown, his paintings fetching under 10 dollars. So how did hi...

During WWII the Nazis plundered some of the world’s greatest art works as they tore across Europe. W...

The story of the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 from the Louvre and how Pablo Picasso was accused if...

The Dutch didn’t appreciate what they had. For 200 years Vermeer was completely forgotten. Try to re...

One of the world’s most famous works of art had been stolen on numerous occasions. Thieves in 1994 e...

Painted during Vienna’s cultural heyday, Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele” was confiscated by the N...

These works that span Rembrandt’s entire adult life have been scattered across the globe and had a l...

An artist so ahead of his time, it took centuries for the Impressionists to rediscover the brillianc...

This program traces the history of a famous painting The Lady with an Ermine by Renaissance master a...

Jan van Eyck is a truly great artist who remains a mystery. His elusive genius has meant many of his...

Painted for the arrival of Paul Gaugin in Arles, this set of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh has gone...

It is the painting that started a whole movement: Impressionism. Claude Monet’s famous painting was...

Johannes Vermeer was all but forgotten for centuries and this iconic work lay dormant, overlooked be...

One of the great post-Impressionistic works, Cezanne’s “Boy in the Red Vest” was stolen in 2008, but...

Turner showed his brilliance with this dazzling work. It was stolen in Frankfurt in 1998 and was bou...

Painted for a Silician monastery, the boat it was transported on sunk in a storm. However it was mir...