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Man jailed for stealing Van Gogh and Hals paintings from Dutch museums

The court described him as an 'incorrigible and calculating criminal.'

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Exhibition for dogs displays artwork at their eye-level

At this exhibition in Hong Kong, dogs are able to get up close and personal with art

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Akmo, the artist who found her voice in Dubai

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Meet Akmo, a talented artist and entrepreneur originally from Kyrgyzstan. At the age of 18, she moved to Dubai and five years later she has a successful singing career and has established a thriving business.

Greece

Greek police recover Picasso and Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012

Police say they have recovered the artworks nearly a decade after their theft from Greece's biggest state art gallery in Athens.

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Green News

This whiter than white paint could be very good news for the planet

It reflects 98% of sunlight and radiates infrared heat through the atmosphere into space.

Netherlands

Dutch police make arrest over theft of €6m Van Gogh painting

Van Gogh's “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” was snatched from the Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam in the early hours of March 30, 2020.

Italy

Road sign typo 'sotps' Italians in their tracks during pandemic

Road sign typo 'sotps' Italians in their tracks during the pandemic

France

Plane painted green in protest over France's climate crisis response

Several of the protesters stood on the plane's wings, carrying banners reading: "Is there a pilot to save the climate?"

United Kingdom

Winston Churchill landscape owned by Angelina Jolie sells for €9.5m

The Moroccan landscape painted by Britain’s wartime leader was sold by Angelina Jolie at an auction for more than €9.5 million.

France

Unseen Van Gogh goes on display before Sotheby's auction in March

The work depicts a rarely seen view of Paris in the nineteenth century. 'Scène de rue à Montmartre' shows how the busy suburb used to be a rural, tranquil place.

World News

Botticelli masterpiece sells for record-breaking $92.2 million

The 15th-century portrait achieved the highest ever price for an Old Master painting at Sotheby's.

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Art industry is 'manipulated' says Sacha Jafri

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Art industry is 'manipulated' says Sacha Jafri

World News

Being stolen is 'best thing that could happen' for artwork's prestige

With many galleries and museums across the world shutting their doors in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, some of the most famous looted pieces of art can now steal back some of the limelight.

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Mumbai artists paint Donald Trump and Joe Biden ahead of US vote

Art school teachers have been painting pictures of US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden outside an art school in Mumbai, ahead of the upcoming US presidential elections.

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Step inside masterpieces at this immersive art exhibition in Dubai

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Art fans are immersing themselves in timeless masterpieces with the help of virtual reality technology. This Dubai-based exhibition features works from Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet and Edvard Munch

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Pele's home town pays tribute to footballing legend with mural

The mural can be seen in the coastal city of Santos, ahead of the sporting legend's 80th birthday. Pele played 496 matches for Santos football club and 92 matches for Brazil between 1957 and 1971.

World News

Painting looted by Nazis from Jewish family returned after 87 years

The painting's owners were early targets of the Nazi regime, which took possession of over 1,000 pieces of artwork when the family fled Germany in 1933.

Living

Smog-eating paint purifies air on this giant mural in Poland

It uses sunlight to convert pollutants into less harmful compounds.

Europe Decoded

Soviet WWII propaganda revised to hail Belarus opposition figure

The artwork has gone viral.