As the word “guilty” filled the silence of a Phoenix courtroom, defendant Michael Marin closed his eyes, put his head in his hands and appeared to put something in his mouth.

A “FAKE” Rembrandt self-portrait that once boasted a guide price of just £1,000 is today worth up to £15 million (€19m) after an expert confirmed it was genuine.

ALL art is quite useless according to Oscar Wilde but these three paintings could prove very useful to People in Need.

French investigators in Paris recovered two Picasso paintings and a drawing that were stolen from the home of the artist’s granddaughter in an overnight heist in February, a police official said today.

Paul McCartney has reclaimed his art collection from the house of estranged wife Heather Mills.

A JUDGE yesterday ruled that a Picasso painting can be sold at auction, despite a claim that its former owner was forced to sell it to the Nazis.

A judge has today ruled that a Picasso painting can be sold at auction, despite a claim that its former owner was forced to sell it to the Nazis.