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Bananas! Chocolate! Flowers! The Fine Art of Presenting and Preserving Perishable Sculptures
Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian,' a banana taped to a wall, is just the latest in a long tradition of perishable art.
A Claude Monet ‘Water Lilies’ Scene Sold for $65.5 Million
The five-foot-tall painting, once owned by a haircare maven, offered a fresh test of the trophy art market.
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This Forgotten Sculpture Was Used as a Doorstop in a Scotland Shed. It Turned Out to Be a Masterpiece Worth Millions
The marble bust was made by the celebrated sculptor Edmé Bouchardon nearly 300 years ago. After a small town purchased it in ...
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Precious archaeological vases and coins returned to Italian museum
The Italian authorities have recovered over 2,500 precious ancient coins, vases and small sculptures that had been illegally dug up and sold in Switzerland, Eurojust announced on Monday.
Scottish council to sell £2.5 million marble bust found propping open garden shed
A council in Scotland has been given the go ahead to sell a one-of-a-kind marble bust that was found propping open a garden ...