Ticket Scam Cost the Louvre $12 Million, Investigators Say
The Paris prosecutor’s office said a network involving museum employees and tour guides had been operating for a decade.
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‘Bring it back’: Sicilians say Antonello da Messina’s Ecce Homo belongs with them
Much of Messina’s cultural memory was destroyed in a 1908 earthquake, but the Italian government has secured a masterpiece by the port city’s greatest sonOn 28 December 1908, the city of Messina was struck by what is still considered the deadliest natu…
Serco accused of ‘petty and vindictive’ removal of artwork from court cells
Government contractor stripped custody suites in England and Wales of motivational murals, report saysA government contractor has been accused of being “petty and vindictive” after tearing down brightly coloured artworks carrying motivational messages …
AI analysis casts doubt on Van Eyck paintings in Italian and US museums
Tests on both versions of Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata were unable to detect brushstrokes of 15th-century masterAn analysis of two paintings in museums in the US and Italy by the 15th-century Flemish artist Jan van Eyck has raised a p…
Court battle over Picasso art exposes offshore finances of Farage’s billionaire Davos sponsor
Exclusive: Sasan Ghandehari reluctant to share details of $10bn trust in row with Christie’s auction houseA high court battle over a Picasso painting has shone a light on the offshore financial structures of an Iranian-born businessman who paid for Nig…
The Louvre Thieves Dropped This Priceless Crown. Now It Looks Like This.
Empress Eugénie’s crown was left lying on the sidewalk after the Louvre Museum heist in October. The museum has now released pictures of the damage.
36 Hours in Lagos, Nigeria: Things to Do and See
Nigeria’s mega metropolis is gaining attention for its youth culture and Afrobeats music scene.
Angel that looked like Giorgia Meloni removed from Rome church fresco
Vatican appears to have ordered removal of restored work, which artist confessed he had made to resemble PMThe face of a winged angel bearing a striking resemblance to the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been erased from a fresco in a histori…
Hidden detail found in Anne Boleyn portrait was ‘witchcraft rebuttal’, say historians
Exclusive: Underdrawing suggests attempt to debunk myth that former wife of Henry VIII had sixth fingerAnne Boleyn’s Hever “Rose” portrait is one of history’s most iconic faces, with her “B” pendant, her French hood, her dark eyes and a red rose in her…
Likeness of restored angel to Giorgia Meloni triggers investigations in Rome
Cherub at landmark church causes ecclesiastical and political uproar with alleged resemblance to Italian PMItaly’s culture minister and the diocese of Rome have launched investigations after claims were made that an angel in a landmark church in Rome w…