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Police Seek Motive After Teen Throws Boy From Tate Modern’s 10th Floor
Aug 5, 2019 The 6-year-old is in critical but stable condition after falling from the London museum's open-air terrace to a fifth-floor roof.
Vladimir Putin Opens Russian ‘Military Disneyland’
Jun 16, 2015 The Russian president used the opening of Patriot Park to announce a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear arsenal.Museum Day
Jul 13, 2014
On the Big Rock
Mar 13, 2012 My largest problem with "Levitated Mass" is not with its artistic quality (or lack of quality), but rather with the excessive cost of the process.If LACMA wants to call Heizer's "creation" art, let that appellation stand, but art can and should be subject to critical judgment.
‘The Scream’ to Scare Up $80M at Auction
Feb 23, 2012 It's one of the most widely recognized images in art, and now one of four versions of Edvard Munch's archetypal image of modern angst is going on the block at Sotheby's New York auction house with an expected selling price of $80 million or more.
‘Degenerate Art’ Resurfaces in Berlin
Dec 2, 2010 An assortment of sculptures once derided by the Nazis as prime examples of "degenerate art" -- complete with a Third Reich-sponsored show under that heading -- has been partly recovered and reunited for a comeback exhibit at Berlin's Neues Museum.
Holocaust Museum Borrows Superman’s Architect
Oct 15, 2010 America's original Holocaust museum has a new permanent home in Los Angeles that looks like it was beamed into existence from the future. In keeping with the theme, visitors are each assigned a personal iPod Touch to enhance their exploration of the building's mysterious innards.
Russia Fines Art Mongers for Provoking Church
Jul 13, 2010 It is officially not safe to put Mickey Mouse's head on Jesus' body if you live in Russia. A Russian court has fined the creators of a museum show more than $11,000 on the grounds they incited hatred.
Five Famous Paintings Swiped in Paris Museum Heist
May 20, 2010 Somehow, a lone art bandit -- or a band of bandits -- managed to pull off an impressive five-finger-discount maneuver at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris on Wednesday night, making off with five masterpieces worth a grand total of close to 100 million euros. Sacré bleu!
Missing Album From Hitler’s Fantasy Museum Found in Ohio
Dec 10, 2009 The world's most famous failed art student planned to build a "Fü hrermuseum" in his hometown and fill it with his favorite (and often ill-gotten) art -- photos of which were collected first in various scrapbooks. One of those volumes was just discovered in the Ohio home of a WWII veteran, who decided to have it returned to Germany.
