Medieval ‘mourners’ to begin 7-city US tour next year in 1st display together outside France

Medieval ‘mourners’ to leave France for US tour

Egypt antiquities chief says he will ask Berlin to return Nefertiti bust

Egypt antiquities chief to demand Nefertiti bust

Detroit as muse: City’s shortcomings provide area artists with plenty of creative inspiration

Detroit artists use city’s blight as their canvas

Painter Richard Wright wins British art world’s contentious Turner Prize

Richard Wright wins contentious Turner Prize

Contemporary Caribbean artists explore their cultural identities during annual Miami art fair

New Caribbean art showcased during Art Basel fair

Moscow’s ‘Worker and Collective Farm Woman’ stride forward again as famed sculpture restored

Renowned Soviet-era statue back in view

MOSCOW — A gigantic sculpture that is one of the most admired examples of Soviet socialist realism is back on view in Moscow after six years of restoration.

Art & devotion: Ind. museum shows sacred works from Spain, Mexico, Peru never assembled before

Rare exhibition brings together Spanish sacred art

You’ve got mail, ALL of you: Artists send notes to nearly everyone in Pittsburgh neighborhood

Pittsburgh mystery letters revealed as art project

Paris museums, including Pompidou and d’Orsay, closed due to strike; Louvre partially hit

Many Paris museums closed due to strike

PARIS — On a gray, drizzly day just made for a Paris museum visit, workers at the city’s premier art institutions went on strike, leaving tourists out in the cold Wednesday and some residents worried about the image that France projects.

Main Paris museums, including Pompidou and d’Orsay, closed due to strike; Louvre partially hit

Some main Paris museums closed due to strike

Models of Obama homes in Chicago and White House in holiday train shows at botanical gardens

Model Obama homes in garden holiday train shows

Explore one of America’s first planned cities: Savannah, with historic squares and homes

Explore Savannah’s historic squares, parks, homes

Russian gays ask Clinton for support as she unveils statue of gay US poet in Moscow

MOSCOW — Russian gays called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statue of American poet and gay pride symbol Walt Whitman in Moscow on Wednesday.

Marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo coming to NYC’s Met Museum

NEW YORK — A marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo is being loaned to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art by the French government.

Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards for a spirited history lesson

NEW YORK — Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky — especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon.

Rising amid squalor, Senegal monument stirs criticism of wasteful spending

DAKAR, Senegal — Towering on a hilltop overlooking the Atlantic, the 160-foot-high bronze statue depicting a family rising triumphantly from a volcano is supposed to symbolize Africa’s renaissance.

Athens no longer a discount destination, but bargains still exist

ATHENS, Greece — Athens is no longer a discount destination.

When in Copenhagen, do as the Danes: Bike around to see the sights

COPENHAGEN — The Danish capital might rank among the world’s most expensive cities with pricey food and steep hotel bills. A beer on the picturesque Nyhavn harbor can be a costly experience and a stroll through the city’s famed Tivoli gardens can be easily be a larger-than-thought expense. However, Copenhagen can easily be affordable for those on a budget — with a little help from pedal power and a discount card.

For sale: Luxury NYC duplex where Madoff fraud came crashing down; Fla. estate also available

NEW YORK — It’s where Bernard Madoff broke down and confessed to his massive fraud, frantically wrote checks for millions of dollars as the scheme unraveled and appeared in a bathrobe to greet the FBI agents who arrested him.

In Lincoln’s hometown, sculpture marks riots in which white mobs attacked black residents

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Abraham Lincoln’s hometown looked back Thursday at a long-ignored horror story, as officials dedicated a sculpture commemorating the 1908 riot in which white mobs lynched and terrorized black residents.

Home to well-heeled Eurocrats, Brussels can also be enjoyed on the cheap

BRUSSELS — As the host city for many European Union institutions and their well-heeled Eurocrats, Brussels may not sound like the best destination for travelers on the cheap. A plate of mussels, a local specialty, can set you back nearly $30 (20 euros).

Michelle Obama gets glimpse and taste of the Eternal City; daughters eat gelato

ROME — As Michelle Obama had lunch on a terrace with a breathtaking view of ancient Rome Wednesday, her daughters made and then ate blackberry and banana gelato at the Italian capital’s most famous ice cream parlor.

G-8 leaders to be presented with handcraft books on Canova and gold coins from Italy

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Dispensing pricey glitter, Saudi and Libyan leaders were top gift-givers to US last year

WASHINGTON — When U.S. presidents and their diplomats meet some Arab leaders, they come away with more than an earful about foreign policy. They also get exquisite baubles, objects of gold, robes, art — even a papier mache Santa Claus.

Toyota city hopes for brighter future for automaker under founder’s grandson

TOYOTA, Japan — The statues of Toyota’s founder and the mayor who brought the automaker to this rural area stand side by side in front of city hall — a clear symbol of this city’s intimate and longtime ties with Japan’s biggest manufacturer.

Weekend around Soweto: B&B, Mandela house tour, anti-apartheid museum

JOHANNESBURG — Southern African home cooking sounds comforting: samp, a chunky corn concoction; pap, a filling porridge; mogodu, boiled tripe.

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First lady Michelle Obama helps honor abolitionist Sojourner Truth with bust at Capitol

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday reflected on her own family’s rise from slavery to the White House as she helped to unveil a statue of abolitionist Sojourner Truth — the first black woman to be so honored at the Capitol.

Artist who turned apartment into crystal cave among 4 finalists for Britain’s Turner Prize

4 vie for British art’s contentious Turner Prize

First lady Michelle Obama to help honor abolitionist Sojourner Truth with bust at Capitol

WASHINGTON — Sojourner Truth, a former slave who met with Abraham Lincoln and was an early crusader for women’s right to vote and an end to slavery, is the first black woman to be honored with a bust at the Capitol.

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