Renaissance paintings and a gingerbread exhibition: photos of the day – Thursday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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Renaissance painting found in garage sells for £685k
A painting believed to be by Perugino depicting the Madonna and child went for £685,000.
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‘It’s like stepping into a Renaissance masterpiece’: readers’ favourite unsung places in Italy ⊕⊕
The country has so many cultural and historical treasures that relatively few are known to tourists. Our tipsters share their discoveries, from ancient hill towns to a mini Venice
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19 days ago
Seriously Silly: The Life of Terry Jones by Robert Ross review – portrait of a Python
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An affectionate biography of the polymath includes details of never-produced gems such as Monty Python’s Third World War
Terry Jones was a Python, a historian, a bestselling children’s author and a ve…
Rare 15th-century illuminated Bible goes on public display for Vatican Holy Year ⊕
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A rare 15th-century illuminated Bible, considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art, has gone on display in Rome for the Vatican’s Holy Year after being transported under heavy security from Modena.
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‘We stayed in a 500-year-old palazzo for €100’: readers’ favourite historic places to stay in Europe ⊕
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Travel back in time at a folly in Scotland, a parador in Spain and a German castle
• Tell us about your favourite church in Europe – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucher
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Putin Approves Sale of Citibank’s Russian Unit to Renaissance Capital ⊕
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A decree allows Renaissance Capital to acquire 100% of Citibank Russia from its parent company without any additional regulatory approvals.
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‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit
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Performance artist’s aggressive art historian shouts at visitors and insults curators – and his tours are sold out
On a recent autumn evening in Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast museum, the guide Joseph Lange…
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Is this painting who we now are? The identity grapplings of mystic artist Ben Edge ⊕
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Vikings, miners, refugees, enslavers and good old Albion himself … Ben Edge reveals how his dynamic new understanding of Britain today was triggered by seeing a procession of druids march past a KFC
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Champagne, celebs and artefacts: British Museum hosts first lavish ‘pink ball’ fundraiser ⊕
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£2,000-a-ticket event, where 800 guests will hobnob among world’s treasures, could herald new reality in desperate arts funding climate
There will be champagne, of course, and dancing, fine Indian foo…