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'Unflinching' Goya portraits go on show in London

Spanish painter Francisco de Goya’s stark portrayals of Spanish aristocrats, intellectuals and fellow artists in a major new exhibition at the National Gallery in London aims to show him as “the best ever portrait artist”. The exhibition, which opens on Wednesday, brings together from around the world around 70 portraits by the celebrated artist who lived between 1746 and 1828. The works make up almost half of the 150 Goya

Rare Tintin drawing fetches $1 million in Hong Kong

A rare drawing of comic book hero Tintin by Belgian cartoonist Herge fetched over $1 million at auction in Hong Kong Monday as experts say comic art is becoming as collectible as paintings. The artwork is an illustration from the cartoonist’s “The Blue Lotus” book, published in 1936, which sees Tintin and sidekick Snowy the dog on an adventure in Shanghai. It sold for HK$9.6 million ($1.2 million) and French