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Global News Blog Did Romanian mom torch Monet, Matisse, and Picasso along with her slippers?

The art world fears that the mother of a man suspected in the theft of seven masterpieces from a Dutch art museum burned the priceless evidence.
Dutch art heist 'a nightmare for any museum director' (+video)

Seven paintings – including works by Picasso, Monet, and Matisse – were stolen from the Kunsthal Rotterdam museum early Tuesday morning in a Dutch art heist that could be worth tens of millions of dollars.
Million dollar art heist in Netherlands

Paintings by Picasso, Matisse, and Monet are among several stolen from a Dutch art gallery in Rotterdam.
Horizons How Juan Gris brought fun to Cubism (+video)

Juan Gris, recipient of Friday's Google doodle, is the oft-forgotten 'third musketeer' of Cubist paintings. Picasso might get the glory, but Juan Gris's work can be a lot more fun to look at.
Culture Cafe 'Degas and the Nude' reveals a master of the human form

In its only US venue, the exhibition takes a wide-ranging look at the artist's complex and contradictory work, which defies easy interpretation.
10/06/2011 06:16 pm
Pearl Buck in China

The achievements of "The Good Earth" author Pearl Buck are now largely overlooked.
07/06/2010 10:56 am
Paris art heist: The alarm that didn't sound, the dog that didn't bark

A day after the $123 million Paris art heist, revelations emerged that hinted of an inside job. A malfunctioning alarm was too quiet for guards to hear.
05/21/2010 07:08 pm
Paris art heist: The chances of recovery aren't good

Finding stolen artwork can take decades, and a fraction of works are recovered. In the Paris art heist, five paintings – including a Picasso and a Matisse – were stolen Thursday from a museum.
05/20/2010 04:56 pm
Big Paris art heist: Works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse stolen

Paris art heist: Five paintings, including works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, were stolen overnight from a Paris museum by a lone masked thief.
05/20/2010 10:43 am
The Art of the Steal: movie review

Backroom wranglings over the prestigious Barnes Foundation art collection play out as good guy vs. bad guy in 'The Art of the Steal' documentary.
04/09/2010 07:53 pm
Pictures at an Exhibition

A Parisian art dealer’s son and a young Louvre curator hunt for what the Nazis looted.
02/20/2009 12:00 am
Richard Diebenkorn's exploration of color

The artist's abstract paintings are powerfully organized around different hues.
03/28/2008 01:00 am