Phone logs of a notorious art and rare-book thief in Brazil proved to be the key for police to recover eight stolen engravings by famed French painter Henri Matisse, after they were pilfered from a library exhibition in Sao Paulo last December. The pieces from Matisse’s limited-edition 1947 art book “Jazz,” valued at around $200,000, […]
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Italian police recover stolen Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse works
Paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth over $10.4 million which were stolen from an Italian museum in March have been recovered, police said Friday. The paintings were taken by thieves from the villa of the Magnani-Rocca Foundation, near Parma in northern Italy, in a heist that lasted under three minutes. Parma chief of police […]
Tourists beat the heat with ‘magical’ Colosseum night tours
The Colosseum has extended opening hours at night this summer to allow more visitors to see the famous Roman amphitheatre in cooler temperatures after sunset. The night tours, which run until 11:00 pm, are sold out and tourists on one visit this week spoke of a “magical” and “romantic” atmosphere in the illuminated monument.”After sunset […]
Brazilian police recover Matisse works stolen in 2025
Police in Brazil have recovered eight engravings by French artist Henri Matisse that were stolen from a Sao Paulo library last year by an organized gang of thieves, officials said on Thursday. Vividly colored artwork from Matisse’s limited-edition art book “Jazz” were laid out on a table alongside a handgun, in an image released by […]
Kennedy Center board votes to restore Trump name: reports
US President Donald Trump has sought to burnish his legacy by getting his name and image placed on everything, from limited edition passports to a Florida airport. His efforts to put his stamp on the Kennedy Center arts complex in Washington — blocked earlier this year by a federal judge — moved ahead once again […]
Matthew McConaughey on his sweet return to the big screen
Matthew McConaughey had plenty of reasons to select “The Rivals of Amziah King,” a honey-themed thriller set in the American Southwest, for his return to the big screen after more than five years away. “The joy, the soul, the humor, the music, the poetry, the mythology, original time, place, and space,” the Oscar-winning actor told AFP […]
Travis Kelce says wedding to Taylor Swift was ‘best night of my life’
American football star Travis Kelce described on Wednesday his secretive early July wedding to pop sensation Taylor Swift as “the best night of my life.” “I appreciate everybody who came out and celebrated and, you know, had fun with us,” the Kansas City Chiefs player told a briefing. “That’s pretty much all I’m taking away from that […]
Rob Reiner son denies grand jury murder charges
The son of legendary US film director Rob Reiner denied new charges of killing both his parents when he appeared in court on Wednesday after grand jury indictments were unsealed. Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, with the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder by means of lying in […]
Eurovision to bar countries at war from hosting
Eurovision Song Contest organisers announced Wednesday that they were excluding any country in an armed conflict from hosting the competition and increased the mininum age of competitors. While they did not mention any country by name, Israel, which has been at war in Gaza since 2023, came close to winning the competition in both 2025 […]