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Lost Caravaggio painting found in French attic sold to mystery foreign buyer for $170 million 25 Jun 2019 - 08:11 pm
Workers hang on a wall a painting believed by some experts to be Caravaggio's
Top French university scraps entrance exam to widen intake 25 Jun 2019 - 08:11 pm
Photo courtesy: lezadig.com
At 99, she's worked for four presidents and says it's a privilege - no matter who's in office 25 Jun 2019 - 04:10 pm
A collage of Louise Griffin and her White House Volunteer of the Week placard at home in Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2019 and another of her holding a singing caricature of George W. Bush on June 12, 2019. Photos for The Washington Post by Dayna Smith
Paris authorities to remove Notre-Dame scaffolding after fire 24 Jun 2019 - 08:49 pm
Notre Dame cathedral on April 18, 2019, three days after a fire engulfed the 850-year-old gothic masterpiece. AFP/pool/Michel Euler
Infamous botched art restoration in Spain gets makeover 24 Jun 2019 - 07:24 pm
This combination of pictures created on June 24, 2019 of handout pictures show a sculpture of Saint George before and after restoration. AFP / Navarra Government
Wallenda siblings complete daunting Times Square tightrope stunt 24 Jun 2019 - 04:27 pm
Aerialist Nik Wallenda walks the highwire with his sister Lijana (unseen) over Times Square in New York, U.S., June 23, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
With plastic straw ban, Washington turns its back on its own invention 24 Jun 2019 - 12:24 pm
Plastic straws wrapped in paper and plastic forks are seen at a food hall in Washington DC on June 20, 2019. AFP / Eric Baradat
Fashion world shaken by cultural appropriation claims 23 Jun 2019 - 01:25 pm
Mexican artisan Glafira Candelaria Jose, of the Otomi ethnic group, embroiders one of her designs at her workshop in San Nicolas village, in Tenango de Doria, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on June 18, 2019. AFP / Pedro PARDO
London Latino heartlands struggle for survival 23 Jun 2019 - 10:44 am
A Latin American-style bakery is seen at the Seven Sisters indoors market in north London on June 15, 2019. AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Skin deep: Japan's 'washi' paper torn by modern life 20 Jun 2019 - 01:18 pm
This picture taken on March 15, 2019 shows Hidaka Washi president Hiroyoshi Chinzei, a fourth-generation traditional paper maker, displaying the world's thinnest paper at his factory in Hidaka, Kochi prefecture, some 640 kilometres (400 miles) southwest o
Turkish artist goes viral with stark misery/comfort images 13 Jun 2019 - 01:16 pm
Turkish artist Ugur Gallenkus poses at his home on April 14, 2019 in Istanbul. AFP / Yasin Akgul
NASA renames street for 'hidden' black women mathematicians 13 Jun 2019 - 11:04 am
Image taken from NASA's twitter page.
Nuclear wasteland selfies draw ire as tourists flock to Chernobyl 12 Jun 2019 - 06:11 pm
A woman looks at wreckage of trucks in the ghost city of Pripyat during a tour in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on June 7, 2019.  AFP / Genya Savilov
Suited and booted: menswear on show at London Fashion Week Men's 10 Jun 2019 - 01:51 pm
A model presents a creation during the St James catwalk show at London Fashion Week Men's in London, Britain, June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
'First Lady' of NY graffiti now a businesswoman 09 Jun 2019 - 01:31 pm
Artist Lady Pink,
Dora Maar shakes off Picasso's shadow in new Paris show 07 Jun 2019 - 12:08 am
Picasso & Dora Maar. Photo courtesy: artmarketmonitor.com
Most diamonds formed from ancient seabeds 03 Jun 2019 - 12:18 pm
Image used for representation.
Banksy's home city an urban canvas for elusive artist 21 May 2019 - 09:35 pm
A pedestrian walks past graffiti street art on the side of a building in Bristol, south west England, on May 8, 2019.  AFP / Geoff Caddick