Britain’s Royal Academy says prince of Liechtenstein has canceled major London art exhibit
Liechtenstein royal cancels major UK art exhibit Ancient pharaonic paintings that sparked feud between Egypt and the Louvre to return to Luxor
Ancient Egyptian wall paintings to return to Luxor Ancient pharaonic wall paintings that caused feud between Egypt and the Louvre arrive in Cairo
Ancient wall paintings return to Egypt from France Detroit as muse: City’s shortcomings provide area artists with plenty of creative inspiration
Detroit artists use city’s blight as their canvas France returns wall paintings sought by Egypt after feud
France returns wall paintings sought by Egypt Cops: Son of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta tries stealing $20M in paintings from dad
Pa. police: Artist’s son swipes $20M in paintings Major Athens exhibition on love in antiquity pairs sacred and mundane
Exhibition on love in antiquity opens in Athens Raphael sells for $47.5 million at London auction, Rembrandt goes for $33.7 million
Raphael drawing sells for $48M at UK auction Painter Richard Wright wins British art world’s contentious Turner Prize
Richard Wright wins contentious Turner Prize Secret attic stash: police seize Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet art from disgraced dairy founder
Italy police seize secret stash of masterpieces Contemporary Caribbean artists explore their cultural identities during annual Miami art fair
New Caribbean art showcased during Art Basel fair Rembrandt, who died a pauper, still losing parts of what history believed was his art legacy
Lines of art blur between Rembrandt and his pupils Andrew Wyeth’s ‘Above the Narrows’ fetches $6.9 million in NY, 2nd highest price for his work
Wyeth painting sells for $6.9M at NY auction Art & devotion: Ind. museum shows sacred works from Spain, Mexico, Peru never assembled before
Rare exhibition brings together Spanish sacred art 12 detained at Paris auction house over stolen Courbet painting
12 detained in Paris over stolen painting PARIS — French police detained 12 people in a sweep of a respected Paris auction house Wednesday after finding a stolen Courbet painting worth €900,000 ($1.3 million) at an employee’s house. 2 stolen ancient artifacts being returned to Italy during ceremony in New York City
Looted artifacts being returned to Italy from NYC Ukrainian museum says portrait of Venetian Doge in its collection is Titian’s work
Ukrainian museum claims it owns a Titian portrait Books presented at the Vatican look at how Bible is represented in the Sistine Chapel
New Sistine Chapel books to come out in Italy NC Museum of Art ‘tunnels’ through to new building, uses unusual elements to move works
NC Museum of Art ‘tunnels’ through to new building French photographer Rancinan serves up playful, edgy revisions of Old Masters
Paris exhibit serves revisions of Old Masters Red Cross closes warehouse, auctions off doll, Civil War-era flag to shrink its deficit
Red Cross sells pieces of history to cut deficit Dance contests, zoos, art galleries: Pockets of normalcy endure in Kabul despite the war
Hope and despair live side by side in Kabul Collectors who say $80M worth of art was stolen from Calif. home named as suspects in caseSALINAS, Calif. — Two men who claim thieves broke into their rental home in the ritzy coastal enclave of Pebble Beach and made off with millions of dollars worth of art were named as suspects in the case Tuesday. Retired NFL players seeking to help college players in legal battle with Electronic ArtsSAN FRANCISCO — Two retired NFL players on Monday asked a judge to let them formally support a former college quarterback’s legal fight with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. Swiss city says law prevents it from returning painting stolen from Jews during WWIIGENEVA — Swiss law bars a museum from surrendering a 19th-century painting that it was given after it had been stolen from a Jewish family in Paris by the pro-Nazi Vichy French regime during World War II, authorities said Thursday. Swedish art museum settles dispute over painting looted by NazisSTOCKHOLM — A Swedish art museum said Wednesday it had settled a six-year dispute over a painting claimed by the heirs of a Jewish businessman who lost it when he fled Germany in 1939 to escape Nazi persecution. 9th Circuit Appeals Court: Holocaust survivor can sue Spanish government, museum over paintingLOS ANGELES — An elderly Holocaust survivor from San Diego can continue his legal battle against a Spanish museum to reclaim a valuable painting he says was taken from his grandmother by the Nazis, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Israeli art show removes pictures showing suicide bomber as Virgin Mary after public furorJERUSALEM — The Israeli journalists’ union on Thursday took down a series of pictures that superimposed the faces of female Palestinian suicide bombers on Madonna-and-child paintings after the images sparked a public furor. Johannesburg’s trendy downtown cultural hot spot reveals city’s history and creative sideJOHANNESBURG — It’s gritty, it’s hip and it’s downtown in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Federal judge in Nashville, Tenn., dismisses lawsuit over German art seized by the NazisNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge in Nashville has dismissed a lawsuit by a Holocaust survivor and his family against the German government over an extensive art collection seized by the Nazis. |