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Historic Swedish church on the move in logistical feat

The sculpture of Italian noblewoman Cecilia Gonzaga spent centuries in a manor house in central Slovakia, whose owners, the noble Csaky family, left behind when they fled the advancing World War II front in 1945.
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Bust attributed to Donatello splits Slovakia

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist (‘The Burlington House Cartoon’) c 1506-08 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Britain, Nov 2024..
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One city, three great artists: Reuniting Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael

Linda Neo started collecting art as a means of sharing a common interest with her husband, Albert Lim.
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Luxury investments: Why these Singaporeans collect art, watches and wine

The painting has become a surprise hit on TikTok, where contemporary viewers, many of them women, are using it to express their own moments of outrage or vindication.
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Why does this bride look so mad?

News that the premises have been sold has saddened Angelo Arrigoni’s remaining regular customers.
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Rome’s historic bakery to the popes closes

The Pantheon is famed for its extraordinary dome, which measures 43 metres in diameter and includes a circular opening through which light and occasionally rain fall.
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Roman Pantheon begins charging tourists an entrance fee

Zelalem Mola says replicating the manuscripts “needs patience and focus. It begins with a prayer in the morning, at lunchtime, and ends with prayer”.
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Preserving heritage: Ethiopian quest to recreate ancient manuscripts

Caves in South Sulawesi are home to paintings that are believed to be about 44,000 years old and the earliest known pictorial record of story-telling.
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Norway’s wealth fund puts Indonesian SOE under observation on risk to prehistoric art

Greece has been fighting to repatriate looted artefacts from museums and private collections around the world.
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Greece recovers hundreds of antiquities from art thief

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