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Literature

The Accidental Artist

Fawaz Rob comes across as an arrogant person when you meet him. The artist is sure of himself. As though he knows that his creation will hold the test of

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Pissarro: French woman ends fight to reclaim art stolen by Nazis

A French woman has ended her legal battle to retrieve a painting stolen from her adoptive parents by the Nazis. Léone-Noëlle Meyer discovered the artwork was in an Oklahoma gallery

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Thai museum unveils 1,000-year-old artefacts returned from US

Two ancient sandstone artefacts believed to have been stolen from Thailand during the Vietnam War were unveiled Monday at a Bangkok museum, greeted with a fanfare of traditional dancers and

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The world’s most expensive painting is stirring up a scandal

It is the biggest legal fight the art world has ever witnessed: a Russian oligarch, who claims he was ripped off buying multi-million-dollar masterpieces, versus a Swiss art dealer who

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Soviet space shuttle covered in graffiti

For years it’s sat abandoned in a dilapidated hangar in Kazakhstan, visited only by intrepid urban explorers keen to photograph a spectacular if unloved piece of space history. But after

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How a 17-foot, 3D-printed twin of Michelangelo’s David in Dubai could help revive tourism in Florence

Michelangelo’s statue of the biblical hero David before he slays the giant Goliath is one of the world’s most famous artworks. Now, 500 years after its creation, it is at

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Designs invited for Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Award

The government has invited the design from the experienced designers for the newly introduced ‘Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Award’, which will be conferred on five women in different categories every

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Nobel laureate Poet Tagore’s 160th birth anniversary today

Today is the 160th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism. On the occasion of

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Kim Kardashian West denies purchasing ‘looted’ ancient Roman statue

Reality star Kim Kardashian West has been named in court filings alleging she was involved in importing an ancient Roman statue that US officials say was stolen from Italy. Court

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Germany to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Precious artifacts that were looted during the colonial era will finally be returned to Nigeria, the German government has announced. The first returns are planned for 2022. In a joint

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