Michelangelo’s scribble sells for $200,000 at New York auction
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Arts and Culture
Tokyo’s cherry blossoms in full bloom draw crowds
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Five not-so-famous things about the Impressionist movement
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‘Dragon Ball’ theme park planned in Saudi Arabia
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Spring’s splendor: Celebrating 75 years of blooms at Keukenhof
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Dutch art fair reports ‘record’ prices for Van Gogh, Picasso
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‘Sacred job’: Iraq Kurds digitise books to save threatened culture
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Paris Picasso Museum reopens with new selection
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For ‘difficult’ creator, ‘Dragon Ball’ success provided acceptance
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