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PARIS, Emma Charlton- "Trompe l'oeil" -- or art designed to trick the eye -- is the title of a new Paris exhibit exploring the history of illusion and pastiche, from ancient frescoes to fashion and...
"He's not a household name over here, but in China everyone knows his name," said Maxwell Hearn, curator of the show. "He's the Van Gogh or Monet of modern China."
Featuring 90 works that had...
NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- British artist and self-marketing genius Damien Hirst looks to connect the dots in a big way with the opening Thursday of a global show for his body of colored spot...
THE HAGUE- The Amsterdam Museum has raised more than 50,000 euros from public sponsors to restore a 198-year-old painting depicting Napoleon's entrance into the city, its spokeswoman said Friday....
PARIS- France laid claim on Monday to a French baroque painting that it said was stolen 200 years ago, and barred a London gallery that brought the work to Paris for an exhibition from taking it...
PARIS, Sandra Lacut- A French art expert Thursday unveiled evidence he says proves that a silver statuette of a "wounded woman" is an unknown work by Auguste Rodin, depicting his lover and disciple...
WASHINGTON, Robert MacPherson- The authors of a new life of Vincent Van Gogh knew they'd stir controversy by disputing the widely-held belief that the artist killed himself with a pistol while...
WARSAW- Polish police said Tuesday they had found a haul of more than 200 missing artworks, including several Renaissance paintings, in the home of a 90-year-old man.
Investigators believe that...
The artist also won worldwide recognition for designing the cover of the Beatles' "White Album" and in recent years for his depiction of then British prime minister Tony Blair dressed as a cowboy....
LONDON, Beatrice Debut- British artist David Hockney, one of the most influential painters of his generation, is to stage an exhibition of his landscapes from his native Yorkshire, including recent...
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