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AFP, Published on 10/03/2026
» ROME - Italy has paid 30 million euros for a Caravaggio painting of the future pope Urban VIII, the culture ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the work would enter the Barberini museum collection in Rome.
AFP, Published on 29/01/2026
» NEW YORK - As "AI slop" floods the internet, efforts are mounting to stem an online deluge of shoddy images and videos made using increasingly advanced tech tools.
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» NEW YORK - A self-portrait by celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said.
AFP, Published on 03/11/2025
» WIESBADEN, Germany - Taylor Swift fans sang and danced on Sunday to her new hit The Fate of Ophelia at a German museum exhibiting a painting thought to have inspired the video for the chart-topper.
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» PARIS - The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted to inadequate camera surveillance of the museum's outside walls, three days after thieves robbed it of prize jewels in a brazen daytime heist.
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» PARIS - The hunt was on Monday for the band of thieves who stole eight priceless royal pieces of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight.
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» PARIS - Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.
AFP, Published on 05/09/2025
» MAR DEL PLATA (ARGENTINA) - The daughter and son-in-law of a Nazi who stole art from European Jews during World War II were charged in an Argentine court Thursday with hiding numerous works, including 22 by French painter Henri Matisse.
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentine authorities recovered an 18th century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector over a week after it appeared in a property ad only to suddenly vanish.
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» BUENOS AIRES — Argentine police hunted Wednesday for a 17th century painting which was allegedly stolen by the Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector and resurfaced this week in a property advertisement, only to disappear again.