ROMANIANS CHARGED WITH ART THEFT TO PLEAD GUILTY
Eugen Darie, center, and Alexandru Bitu, right, two suspects charged with stealing paintings from a Dutch museum, enter a court building for a hearing in their trial in Bucharest, Romania,…
Visual arts
ART HEIST TRIAL HELD UP OVER LAWYER’S SNEAKERS
Lawyer Catalin Dancu stands in court in Bucharest wearing his sneakers Tuesday Sept 10 2013. A judge fined Dancu 5,000 lei ($1482 ) Tuesday for flouting dress regulations and for…
ARTIST WHO PAINTED PUTIN IN UNDERWEAR FLEES RUSSIA
In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, a visitor photographs the artwork entitled “Travesty” by Konstantin Altunin at an exhibition at the Muzei Vlasti in St. Petersburg, Russia.…
ARTIST DECORATES THE LOUVRE’S ICONIC PYRAMID
By THOMAS ADAMSON Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s art work decorates the Louvre museum’s iconic glass pyramid, in Paris, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the world’s leading conceptual…
GROUNDBREAKING IMPROV COMIC JONATHAN WINTERS DIES
JOHN ROGERS FILE – This May 6, 1997 file photo shows comedian Jonathan Winters posing at a hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Winters, whose breakneck improvisations inspired Robin Williams, Jim…
OBJECTS FROM JFK ASSASSINATION GO ON DISPLAY IN DC
By BRETT ZONGKER This handout photo provided by the Newseum, and the estate of Jacques Lowe, shows John F. Kennedy at a news conference in Omaha, Neb. in 1959. The…
4-DECADE-OLD ART HEIST REINVESTIGATED IN FLORIDA
By TAMARA LUSH This image provided by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office shows Benjamin Stahl’s painting “Jesus is Condemned To Death,” from his Stations of the Cross series. This and…
HAITI SPLASHES SLUM WITH PSYCHEDELIC COLORS
By TRENTON DANIEL In this picture taken March 21, 2013, homes painted in bright colors cover a hill in Jalousie, a cinder block shantytown in Petionville, Haiti. Workers this month…