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DC tourists frustrated by museum closures as shutdown persists

Thanks to artist Jonas Griessler collective’s artwork covering the black asphalt with a multitude of bright colours, the ground temperature has dropped from 31 to 20 deg C.
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Keeping cool with colours, Vienna museum paints asphalt to fight heat

A visitor ate the banana that was part of Maurizio Cattelan's work "Comedian", estimated at several million euros and presented in the exhibition "Dimanche sans fin" at the Centre Pompidou in Metz, France, July 18, 2025.
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France museum-goer eats million-dollar banana taped to wall

The mosaic will now be put on display at Pompeii alongside the hundreds of other items and archaeological remains at the site of the ancient city.
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Pompeii welcomes home erotic mosaic looted by Nazi officer

Parts of the museum have been open for months, the main draw, the treasures of Tutankhamun, will remain under wraps until the official launch.
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Egypt grand museum delay puts tourism hopes on hold

Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy was stolen from the home of Samuel Hartveld after he fled Antwerp with his wife in May 1940.
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UK gallery to return Nazi-looted painting to heirs of Jewish collector

This photograph taken on March 7, 2025 shows two unpublished works, "Untitled (object)" (up) and "Untitled (Frontal Nude)", by Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte (1898-1967) displayed at The auction house of Caen, northwestern France. These two unpublished works by Magritte will be auctioned for the first time on March 8, 2025, at the Caen auction house (Calvados). They were acquired by the filmmaker Ernst Moerman directly from the surrealist artist and have remained in the same family ever since. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION
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Global art market slumps as Chinese auction sales plummet

As hordes of collectors seeped through security into the fair’s aisles throughout the day, it seemed a similarly acquisitive sentiment-not seen in the art market for almost two years back.
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The crowds are back—and buying—at Art Basel Miami Beach

Cultural galas, like one hosted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, can seem anachronistic at times, but they remain a mainstay of fund-raising for arts organizations.
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Arts galas show that extravagance never goes out of style

epa11650512 A woman looks at the works 'The Pier of Boulogne-sur-Mer' and 'Sailboats and Seagulls', by Edouard Manet, and 'Fishing Boats and The Nets of Pourville', by Claude Monet, from the new exhibition Vive l'impressionnisme! at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, 09 October 2024. The exhibition showcases the finest French Impressionist works from Dutch collections. EPA-EFE/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN
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Van Gogh museum to launch Impressionism show

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