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Valuable 350-year-old oil paintings found in skip
Shawdesh desk: German police have issued an appeal for information after two valuable 17th Century paintings were discovered dumped in a road-side skip. The oil paintings are believed to beReadMore
Art becomes form of protest against Olympics
Shawdesh Desk: Miwako Sakauchi stands in her studio and brushes spinning swirls on torn cardboard and drawing paper, using the five colors designated as symbols of the modern Olympiad. TitledReadMore
A painting by David Bowie purchased for $5 at a Canadian landfill is now selling for thousands
Shawdesh desk: A painting by rock icon David Bowie is expected to sell for thousands of dollars in an online art auction after someone picked it up for a fewReadMore
Never-before-seen Great Wall fort discovered (video)
Shawdesh desk: The remains of a Great Wall fort dating back to the Ming Dynasty were discovered in Northwest China’s ShaanxiReadMore
‘Mount Recyclemore’ of G7 leaders made from electronic waste in Cornwall
Shawdesh Desk: A sculpture of the G7 leaders shaped like Mount Rushmore made of electronic waste has been erected in Cornwall ahead of the G7 Summit. It has been namedReadMore
The Accidental Artist
Shawdesh desk: Fawaz Rob comes across as an arrogant person when you meet him. The artist is sure of himself. As though he knows that his creation will hold theReadMore
Pissarro: French woman ends fight to reclaim art stolen by Nazis
Shawdesh desk: A French woman has ended her legal battle to retrieve a painting stolen from her adoptive parents by the Nazis. Léone-Noëlle Meyer discovered the artwork was in anReadMore
Thai museum unveils 1,000-year-old artefacts returned from US
Shawdesh Desk; Two ancient sandstone artefacts believed to have been stolen from Thailand during the Vietnam War were unveiled Monday at a Bangkok museum, greeted with a fanfare of traditionalReadMore
