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DiCaprio returns Brando Oscar as part of Malaysian laundering probe
Art news
June 16, 2017
DiCaprio returns Brando Oscar as part of Malaysian laundering probe
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has turned over an Oscar won by Marlon Brando to U.S. investigators probing alleged money laundering by…
Picasso sells for US$67.45 mn in windfall for US tycoon
Art news
November 6, 2015
Picasso sells for US$67.45 mn in windfall for US tycoon
A Picasso picture of a cabaret artist, which carries a second painting on the reverse, sold for US$67.45 million in…
Paris Picasso museum celebrates its 30th anniversary with ‘i Picasso!’
Art news
October 20, 2015
Paris Picasso museum celebrates its 30th anniversary with ‘i Picasso!’
One year after its reopening, the Parisian museum dedicated to this giant of 20th century art is celebrating its 30th…
US returns stolen Picasso painting ‘La Coiffeuse’ to France
Art news
August 14, 2015
US returns stolen Picasso painting ‘La Coiffeuse’ to France
US authorities returned the stolen $15 million Picasso painting "La Coiffeuse" to France on Thursday, nine months after it was…
Picasso painting sells for US$179.4 million, smashing art auction record
Art news
May 12, 2015
Picasso painting sells for US$179.4 million, smashing art auction record
A Picasso oil painting from 1955 smashed the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction when it…
Italy recovers lost Picasso from retired frame maker
Art news
March 29, 2015
Italy recovers lost Picasso from retired frame maker
Italian police have recovered a painting by Spanish master Pablo Picasso that a retired frame maker in Rome said he…
Stolen Picasso worth millions discovered in New York
Art news
February 27, 2015
Stolen Picasso worth millions discovered in New York
A Picasso painting, snatched more than a decade ago from a storeroom in Paris, has surfaced in New York and…
German police find 1,500 masterpieces believed lost
Culture
November 5, 2013
German police find 1,500 masterpieces believed lost
German police have found 1,500 paintings in Munich considered masterpieces of modern art.