Record-breaking Vermeer show opens in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands | AFP | by Jan HENNOP A blockbuster exhibition of paintings by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer opened…
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Protest artist calls for peace amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) -- An exhibition of anti-war drawings was unveiled in Russia on Tuesday despite government efforts to…
3 years ago
Brazil rioters trash priceless artwork in stormed capital buildings
by Louis GENOT Agence France-Presse BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Slashed canvas on a modern masterpiece, graffiti spray-painted on statues, a…
3 years ago
Ukraine detains 8 over Banksy mural theft
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Ukraine has detained eight people over the theft from a wall in the Kyiv suburbs of a…
4 years ago
Banksy unveils Ukraine mural in town bombed by Russia
Borodyanka, Ukraine (AFP) Banksy, the elusive British street artist, has painted a mural on a bombed-out building outside Ukraine's capital,…
4 years ago
Warhol piece sells for $85 mn at New York auction
New York, United States (AFP) Andy Warhol's iconic 1960s painting "White Disaster" sold for $85 million at auction Wednesday…
4 years ago
Chagall painting stolen by Nazis sells for $7.4 mn at US auction
New York, United States | AFP | A painting by Marc Chagall, which was among 15 works stolen by…
4 years ago
Paul Allen’s art collection tops $1 bn at Christie’s
New York, United States | AFP | Paintings and sculptures from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen were…
4 years ago
Child art show draws parallel between WWII, Ukraine war
by Anna Maria Jakubek Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- A new exhibition of child art from post-war Poland and…
4 years ago
France’s ‘Little Nicolas’ illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempe dies aged 89
by Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Jean-Jacques Sempe, who illustrated the beloved "Little Nicolas" series of French…
4 years ago
Murals bring ‘joy’ to Baghdad concrete jungle
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel © Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi artist Wijdan al-Majed is transforming Baghdad's concrete jungle…
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The exiled sculptor of ‘all that is no longer there’ in Syria
by Lucie PEYTERMANN Agence France-Presse VANVESS, France (AFP) - A Syrian neighbourhood targeted by regime bombing lies in ruins, with…
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