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An old painting found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman, who considered it an icon of little importance, has made her a multimillionaire. The work, a masterpiece attributed to the 13th-century Italian painter Cimabue that was discovered earlier this year, sold for 24 million euros ($26.6 million) Sunday. Dominique Le Coent of Acteon Auction House, who sold the...

They’ve become a global sensation — “paint and sip” studios where adults can spend evenings out learning to make art in a relaxed, BYOB setting. Thousands of franchises now exist to help us all unleash our inner creative. One of the places where it all began was a little studio outside Birmingham, Alabama. In 2002, at age 28, Wendy Lovoy...

The owner of a Massachusetts coffee lounge that has not yet opened has been charged with assaulting a mentally disabled worker. Police said Hugs & Yums owner Charles El-Helou, 53, of Brockton, attacked a 25-year-old man who was working as a painter and laborer at the Middleborough business. The victim’s mother, a Freetown woman, told police El-Helou tried to persuade...

The owner of a Massachusetts coffee lounge that has not yet opened has been charged with assaulting a mentally disabled worker. Police said Hugs & Yums owner Charles El-Helou, 53, of Brockton, attacked a 25-year-old man who was working as a painter and laborer at the Middleborough business. The victim’s mother, a Freetown woman, told police El-Helou tried to persuade...

Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the “poor little rich girl” of the Great Depression, survived family tragedy and multiple marriages and reigned during the 1970s and ’80s as a designer jeans pioneer, died Monday at the age of 95. Vanderbilt was the great-great-granddaughter of financier Cornelius Vanderbilt and the mother of...

He’s a man with many titles, including artist, speed painter and world record holder. But his favorite title may be motivator. Rob Surette doesn’t just create art, he creates experiences. And he has dedicated his life to inspiring children. Every year he travels to more than 150 schools and performs a speed painting spectacular that he calls “Amazing hero...

An Allston shop, Madhouse Motors, has a female owner who is creating masterpieces.

Puerto Rican painter Arnaldo Roche Rabell, considered to be one of the most important artists of the neo-expressionist movement, died in his birthplace, San Juan, in the early hours of Nov. 17, according to his representative, Walter Ortero. Roche Rabell, regarded as one of the most important painters of Puerto Rico, died as a result of lung cancer at the...

What’s more New York than almost sitting on a partially-nude man painted to camouflage into a classic subway cart?

What’s more New York than almost sitting on a partially-nude man painted to camouflage into a classic subway cart?

Joel Robuchon, a master chef who shook up the stuffy world of French haute cuisine by showing diners the delights of the simple mashed potato and a peek at a restaurant kitchen, has died at 73. A spokeswoman for Robuchon, who for years held more Michelin stars than anyone else in the world, confirmed his death Monday. French media reported...

Phelan Avenue, a four-block street that runs through one of the campuses of the City College of Francisco, may be named after Mexican artist and activist Frida Kahlo after a community effort acknowledges the dark racist past of the last name.

Parker Curry, the adorable young girl whose captivation with Michelle Obama’s portrait went viral, meets Amy Sherald, the artist responsible for the painting. Eun Yang reports.

If you love Janis Joplin, you’ll want to catch an upcoming show at Boston’s Shubert Theatre.

A hot tip could still earn you a cool $10 million from a Boston museum desperate to recover a trove of missing masterpieces. But you’d better hurry.

Crews responded to a house explosion and fire in New Boston, New Hampshire.

Some donned waders to slog through thigh-high water and stuffed bags with all of the belongings they could carry after being forced to leave apartment buildings and mobile homes.

A paternity test has disproved a Spanish woman’s claim that she is the daughter of surrealist artist Salvador Dali, the deceased painter’s foundation announced Wednesday....
The Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation said in a written statement that the Madrid court that ordered the DNA test informed it that Pilar Abel, a 61-year-old tarot card reader, has no biological relationship with...

Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dali’s embalmed remains to aid a court-ordered paternity test that may enable a woman who says she is the surrealist artist’s daughter to claim part of Dali’s vast estate. Officials said Friday that the artist’s mummified remains were so well preserved that even his famous mustache...

Police in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, are asking for help locating a teenager who has been missing since the weekend.