The hard-right government has accused the French of disrespect and of trying to culturally appropriate the artist in a dispute over loaning his works.
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Sister Wendy Beckett, Nun Who Became a BBC Star, Dies at 88
She interrupted a cloistered life of prayer in England and soared to international stardom as one of the most improbable art critics in television history.
Pablo Escobar’s Wife Says This Painting May Have Saved Her Life
In a new book, the former wife of the Colombian drug kingpin talks about the pivotal role Salvador Dalí’s “The Dance” played in her life.
They Look Like the Emperors’ Clocks. But Are They Real?
A legal dispute in New York is part of a broader questioning of the authenticity of some ornate timepieces that have come on the market from China.
Life After Horrific Death for the Journalist James Foley
Diane Foley let the artist Bradley McCallum see her son’s unpublished journals. The result is a stunning memorial of war and its human toll.
Lothar Baumgarten Dies at 74; Artist Explored Collision of Cultures
Many of his conceptual pieces drew on the months he spent living with a tribe in the Amazon.
Renoir Estimated at $180,000 Is Stolen From Austrian Auction House
The Vienna police are investigating the robbery at the Dorotheum, where three suspects simply walked up and took a painting — a rare crime in the auction world.
Leda and the Swan: A Fresco Comes to Life in Pompeii Excavation
An expensive excavation campaign to shore up an at-risk area of the city is a constant font of archaeological discoveries.
A Stolen Picasso Buried in the Woods? Not So Fast
A letter pointed to a spot in Romania where a painting stolen from a Dutch museum in 2012 could be found. But what, exactly, was under the rock?
Matter: In Cave in Borneo Jungle, Scientists Find Oldest Figurative Painting in the World
A cave drawing in Borneo is at least 40,000 years old, raising intriguing questions about creativity in ancient societies.