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Seized by the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Rome, which ordered the confiscation of this statue attributed to Lysippus. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled in favor of Italy on Thursday in a dispute with the Getty Museum in Los Angeles over the … Read more
The author was suffering from cancer. His other successful works include ‘Moon Palace’, ‘The Book of Illusions’ and ‘Brooklyn Follies’. Paul Auster, a prolific American author of novels, poems and films, who made his way onto the international literary scene with his “New York Trilogy”died of complications from lung cancer at the age of 77, … Read more
Published on the magazine’s website Shethis forum was initiated by the mathematician Michel Broué, a companion of the actress Anouk Grinberg, who condemned the laxity and blindness of the seventh art towards Gérard Depardieu. “It is disgusting that theater and cinema serve as a cover for abuses that have nothing to do with art.” … Read more
On April 24, the actor published a book in collaboration with Elsa Vigoureux. Since then, a cinema has been renamed after him, he was named a jury at the Cannes Film Festival and is included in the dictionary. “The recognition of the Trappists is worth more than anything else.” Omar Sy lent his name to … Read more
From May 4, locals and tourists will be able to explore the fortress built in the 17th century.E century and since 1967 it has been classified as a “historic monument”. The Citadel of Marseille – or Fort Saint-Nicolas – which was built between 1660 and 1664 and overlooks the Old Port, will open its doors … Read more
The flagship of French naval heritage has just left Greece, less than three months before the Paris Olympics. The three-masted ship took the Olympic flame on board and will be in Marseille on May 8. At 128 years old THE Belem the flagship of French naval heritage, it has seen several ship owners and several … Read more
A scientist shows boxes containing calcined fragments of the Herculaneum papyri on display at the Institut de France in Paris, September 26, 2019. STEFANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP Newly deciphered passages from texts that survived the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius reveal the exact location of the philosopher’s burial. Immersing yourself in the secrets … Read more
A prosecutor in New York, home to a major antiquities trade, has returned works sold or transferred illegally by networks of American dealers and traders, including one convicted and jailed in India. The New York Justice Department announced on Friday that it had returned 30 looted works of art to Cambodia and Indonesia. Three million … Read more
These works were identified through a German-American research program called the Poison Book, which lists books affected by “Schweinfurt Green” or “Paris Green” treatments. France’s national library told AFP on Thursday it had quarantined four 19th-century books decorated with arsenic to avoid any risk from the toxic agent. The warning came in late 2010 from … Read more
STORY – Mobilier national reveals the impressive paintings, choir carpets and tapestries of the recently restored cathedral. After the restoration of the walls of Notre-Dame, interior objects and decorations came next. This project within a project, which is nearing its end, mainly concerned the large-scale paintings that decorated the cathedral. Five years after the fire … Read more