3+ week, 3+ day ago   (803+ words) For the illustrator Eugenia Mello, whose action-oriented artwork in boisterous colors has decorated Citi Bike docking stations, UPS boxes and Poland Spring’s aluminum bottle series, preparation isn’t reserved for major commissions. It’s an everyday practice. “Sometimes you get opportunities and…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago   (819+ words) While the Sicilian city of Messina celebrated its most important religious summer holiday, thieves carried out a heist at the regional museum, making off with several works by Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina. The thieves stole four of Antonello’s works…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago   (562+ words) MILAN — Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily while crowds gathered across town for the traditional Assumption holiday celebrations, cultural officials…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago   (284+ words) The theft deprives Messina of parts of the only surviving work by the Renaissance painter to have remained in his native city, as well as a small painting acquired by the Sicilian Region two decades ago. A museum official reached…...