The Louvre has a long history of thefts and attempted robberies. The most famous came in 1911, when the Mona Lisa vanished from its frame, stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a former worker who hid inside the museum and walked out with the painting under his coat.

The fake paintings were being offered for between about $465,000 and $150 million, police said in a statement.

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Life-size reproductions of £65m worth of paintings have been hung in the "most unexpected places" across a Somerset town. Streets and buildings in Bridgwater have been transformed into an art gallery with world-famous artworks by Van Gogh, Turner and Constable appearing at bus stops, in shops and on the outside of buildings.

Authorities seized 21 forged Salvador Dalí pieces, including tapestries and drawings from a Parma exhibition, following a tip from the artist's foundation.

Built in 1799, the house is located on 101 acres and is "more than 1,200 feet in elevation across four distinct tax parcels," according to the listing.

The Vatican has taken the unusual step of announcing that it had named judges to decide the fate of a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women.

So little is known about the queer lives” of Schubert, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Smyth, Poulenc, and Britten, highlights a synopsis for the show that comes to London in November.