How the Louvre’s other famous heist became part of art history

The Louvre has a long history of thefts and attempted robberies. The most famous came in 1911, when the Mona Lisa vanished from its frame, stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a former worker who hid inside ...
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Famous works by French masters coming to Portland Art Museum

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Roughly 60 works of art by some of the most celebrated masters of the 19th and 20th centuries are coming to the Portland Art Museum in June. The exhibit, titled “Monet to ...
Cincinnati

New CAM Exhibition Shows Food’s Role in French Art

Have a taste of the French countryside and a look into the hunger and opulence that shaped it with the Cincinnati Art Museum’s newest exhibition. Farm to Table: Food and Identity in the Age of ...

What to know about the Louvre and other museum heists

After eight of the French crown jewels were stolen from the Louvre museum this month, CBC Kids News looks at three other ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Manet and Degas Were Dear Friends—and Spirited Rivals

Edgar Degas painted Édouard Manet and His Wife in the 1860s, but his friend was not a fan. Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art A man wearing a black suit with a tan vest reclines on a couch, his gaze ...