The Mysterious ‘Louvre Detective’ Was a 15-Year-Old Passer-by
The photo of a dapper man in a fedora sparked many questions: Was the person real? A Sherlock Holmes-inspired detective on the case? Or just being very French?
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Will this Frida Kahlo work fetch a record-breaking $60m at auction? Experts weigh in
Kahlo’s El sueño (La cama) is being auctioned off by Sotheby’s
The artist Luke Jerram on the tree-planting project he’ll never see finished
This may be a midlife crisis, says man behind seven-metre installations of the Earth, moon and Sun who has planted 365 trees in 100-year project in SomersetLuke Jerram – whose art installations have travelled the world – is philosophical about his late…
‘Huge step in the right direction’: arts leaders hail move to boost creative subjects in England’s schools
Cultural figures hope proposed shake-up of curriculum can reverse years of ‘madness’ in which arts were devaluedFor years, Britain’s leading cultural figures have warned that substandard arts provision in schools is devaluing the sector and creating an…
The Netherlands Will Return Looted Pharoah-Era Artifact to Egypt
The 3,500-year-old artifact, likely stolen from Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011 or 2012, was found at an elite European art fair in Maastricht.
Louvre Heist: What to Know About the Suspects and Investigation
Three of the four people whom the police believe carried out the theft have been arrested. But the jewelry is nowhere to be found.
Inspired by Rome’s Pantheon: Antony Gormley and Tadao Ando’s Art Cave
The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.
Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes
France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases.
Paintings by UK pioneer of abstract art to be displayed in West Country
Large-scale William Scott works feature in exhibition that tells story of artist’s friendship with Mark RothkoThe story of how one of the UK’s great abstract painters was inspired by ordinariness – and the extraordinary meeting he had with an American …
French Police Arrest 5 More in Louvre Jewel Heist Investigation
The authorities have detained seven suspects in total but have not recovered the stolen jewels.