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Posted: October 8th, 2009, 7:16am CDT
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Louvre museum bought five ancient Egyptian mural paintings even though it knew they were stolen, Egypt’s top archaeologist said today, escalating his criticism of the French institution.
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Posted: October 7th, 2009, 11:31am CDT
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt suspended co-operation with the Louvre , saying the Paris museum refused to return four ancient Egyptian stelae stolen more than 20 years ago.
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Posted: October 7th, 2009, 10:34am CDT
Now’s a good time to visit the James A. Michener Art Museum.
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Posted: October 7th, 2009, 2:05am CDT
Bayview Thriftway, home of the Bayview School of Cooking, might have the nicest location of any supermarket in the world, and it tries to take advantage of that picturesque waterfront setting.
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Posted: October 6th, 2009, 8:04am CDT
An engineer thinks he can find Leonardo's largest commission.
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Posted: October 6th, 2009, 1:59am CDT
If you believe, as Maurizio Seracini does, that Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest painting is hidden inside a wall in Florence’s city hall, then there are two essential techniques for finding it. As usual, Leonardo anticipated both of them.
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Posted: October 5th, 2009, 9:36pm CDT
Leonardo da Vinci probably would have loved the use of scientific gadgetry to locate his lost masterpiece.
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Posted: October 5th, 2009, 11:27am CDT
The dust from an atomised passenger-jet engine; freeze-dried cow brain; the skull of a sperm whale; the face of Kenneth Williams – there is no shortage of curious sources for the artists on this year's Turner prize shortlist, work by whom goes on display at Tate Britain tomorrow.