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Isabella Stewart Gardner: 5 books about the world's most audacious art theft
These five books – fiction and nonfiction – share a connection to the notorious March 18, 1990, theft of 13 masterworks from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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Banksy: 7 stories from 'The Man Behind the Wall'
Here are 7 Banksy stories from the recent biography "Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall."
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Man Asian Literary Prize: the nominees for 2012
Check out the five nominees on the short list for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize.
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10 best books of January, according to Amazon's editors
Amazon editorial director Sara Nelson shares her thoughts about the Amazon staff picks for the 10 best books of January 2013.
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15 best books of 2012 – nonfiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the 15 best nonfiction books of 2012.
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Norway rediscovers Edvard Munch as an artist of global importance
A major exhibition opens today in Norway on the 150th anniversary of Munch's birth. The artist's most famous work, "The Scream," recently sold for $119.9 million.
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Modern Parenthood Time cover of terrified child at Boston Marathon is disturbing media trend
Time's tablet-only Boston Marathon cover shows a bloodied and terrified child in the arms of a police officer. The controversy sparked is not unfamiliar to modern Time covers that have used children in provocative ways.
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Kandinsky spoke 'language of color'
Russian-born artist Wassily Kandinsky changed the course of modern art forever.
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Top Picks: Art on the big screen, PBS's raw look at Syria, and more
Josh Groban sings at Lincoln Center, Beat Making Lab follows musicians and educators as they teach music to students around the world, and more top picks.
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'Renoir' explores the final chapter in the life of the Impressionist
The central romance is sketchy, but the cinematography makes 'Renoir' beautiful to look at.
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Chapter & Verse Gardner heist: Journalist Ulrich Boser discusses the history behind the famous theft
Will the paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ever reappear? Boser addresses these and other questions about the heist, including the plan the thieves may have had and why Boston takes the theft so personally.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner: 5 books about the world's most audacious art theft
These five books – fiction and nonfiction – share a connection to the notorious March 18, 1990, theft of 13 masterworks from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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23 years after $500 million art heist, a breakthrough
FBI says it knows who pulled off the 1990 art heist at Boston's Isabella Steward Gardner Museum. The stolen Rembrandt, Manet, and other art works were taken to Connecticut and Philadelphia after the heist.
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Multimillion-dollar art trove found in old garage
Paintings discovered in a New York one-car garage have been appraised at $30 million and are now on display in art galleries in New York and California.
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Banksy: 7 stories from 'The Man Behind the Wall'
Here are 7 Banksy stories from the recent biography "Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall."
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A 1:30 a.m. line... for Van Gogh
The works of Vincent Van Gogh are still a vibrant part of pop culture more than a hundred years after his death.
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Myanmar's graffiti artists test edges of emerging democracy
Graffiti artists are on the frontline of an ongoing debate over where freedoms begin and end as Myanmar continues its transition.
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The Painted Girls
Cathy Marie Buchanan spins a clear-eyed and heartfelt account of the seamy side of La Belle Époque in Europe.
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Chapter & Verse An unexpected discovery yields a charming children's book
How two gallery owners found 'Rhoda's Ocean' – an unpublished children's book hiding under a pile of laundry.
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Man Asian Literary Prize: the nominees for 2012
Check out the five nominees on the short list for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize.
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10 best books of January, according to Amazon's editors
Amazon editorial director Sara Nelson shares her thoughts about the Amazon staff picks for the 10 best books of January 2013.
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15 best books of 2012 – nonfiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the 15 best nonfiction books of 2012.
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How well do you know these authors?
Here's a quiz that mixes some lesser known works with the titles more commonly found on required reading lists. How deep does your literary knowledge run?
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23 of the best new and upcoming cookbooks/food books for the holidays
A list of the best new and upcoming cookbooks to diversify your own culinary repertoire or offer as holiday gifts.
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Culture Cafe Bob Ross: How did he get so mellow? (+video)
Bob Ross, whose 70th birthday is celebrated Monday with a Google Doodle, said that one experience made him vow never to raise his voice again.
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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.
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Million dollar art heist in Netherlands
Paintings by Picasso, Matisse, and Monet are among several stolen from a Dutch art gallery in Rotterdam.
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'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
'Casual Vacancy' + two more noteworthy fall novels
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Stir It Up! Orange honey madeleines
Transport yourself to the French countryside with these simple and delicate little cakes.
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Stir It Up! Retro prawn cocktail
Prawn, or shrimp, cocktail has been a classic appetizer from decade to decade.
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