Arts & Life

ROME (Reuters) – A painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that was stolen in 1997 might have been discovered, hidden in a wall of the Italian gallery where it was taken from, officials said on Wednesday. Italian police stand next to what they say is a masterpiece by Austrian …

Another line of inquiry into Trump’s business deals unearthed a flow of Russian money into his projects, what Fritsch once called a “tour de sleaze.” Needing a clearer sense of what was happening inside Russia itself, where public records were hard to come by, Fusion reached out to Steele. ImagePeter …

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Elusive British street artist Banksy has highlighted the issue of rough sleeping in a seasonal mural showing two flying reindeer pulling a homeless man on a street-bench sleigh. A man lays on a bench next to a new mural by Banksy in Birmingham, Britain, December 9, …

There are other hazards. In Tokyo he eats the engorged sperm sac (a delicacy, he is told) of the potentially poisonous fugu fish. His tongue tingles; he fears that he is dying. He gets “pork bloat,” whatever that is. At one meal someone accidentally spits a tiny speck of gristle …

A teenager who threw a 6-year-old boy off a balcony at the Tate Modern museum in London in August pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of attempted murder, according to the authorities. The teenager, Jonty Bravery, from the Ealing area west of London, admitted at London’s Old Bailey criminal …

Swiss billionaire and politician Christoph Blocher poses in front of a painting by Ferdinand Hodler “Vue du Leman depuis Chexbres” after after a guided visit for the media of his collection at the Fondation Gianadda in Martigny, Switzerland, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse MARTIGNY, Switzerland (Reuters) – Christoph Blocher’s vast …

LONDON/RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco is looking to buy insurance against war and terror attacks after a damaging drone and missile attack on some of its oil facilities in September, two sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen at the damaged site of Saudi Aramco oil facility in Khurais, …

The lachrymatory, a vaselike receptacle used to collect mourners’ tears and purportedly found in Roman tombs, has made a strange resurgence in the second decade of the 21st century, albeit in a form better suited to late capitalism: the coffee mug. Whether you’re looking to consume “MALE TEARS” or “LIBERAL …

FILE PHOTO: A man takes a picture of Paul Gaugin’s “Te Bourao II” (The Purao Tree) painting (1897) at Artcurial’s auction house in Paris, France, October 3, 2019. REUTERS/ Christian Hartmann PARIS (Reuters) – A painting by French post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin fetched 9.5 million euros ($10.5 million) in a …

LONDON (Reuters) – They have hosted each other for state visits and dined at the Eiffel Tower, but the once-budding bromance between U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron looks to have turned into a bad date as they traded blows ahead of a NATO summit. U.S. President Donald …