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Botticelli painting expected to sell for record US$80m
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After factory layoff, Filipina cashes in on ‘leaf art’ venture
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Fabric of success: How ‘lotus silk’ is weaving its way into Vietnam
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Small wonders: The Vietnamese artist making tiny food
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Japan’s renowned artists find inspiration from pandemic
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Postcard reveals site of Van Gogh’s ‘farewell note in colour’ before suicide
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Banksy mural stolen at Bataclan returned to France from Italy
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Louvre museum reopens after 16-week virus shutdown
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Looters target Myanmar temple treasures in tourist slump
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Paris’s Orsay museum reopens to smaller crowds with eye on finances

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Botticelli painting expected to sell for record US$80m
Botticelli painting expected to sell for record US$80m
New York, Sept 24, 2020 - A painting by Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli could fetch over US$80 million when it goes under the...
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After factory layoff, Filipina cashes in on ‘leaf art’ venture
After factory layoff, Filipina cashes in on ‘leaf art’ venture
Binan, Philippines, Sept 9, 2020 - When the coronavirus struck and cost Mary Mae Dacanay her factory job in the Philippines, the 23-year-old came...
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Fabric of success: How ‘lotus silk’ is weaving its way into Vietnam
Fabric of success: How ‘lotus silk’ is weaving its way into Vietnam
Hanoi, Aug 28 -- Vietnamese weaver Phan Thi Thuan hitches up her trousers as she wades into a lotus paddy to gather the stems...
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Small wonders: The Vietnamese artist making tiny food
Small wonders: The Vietnamese artist making tiny food
Hanoi, Aug 19 — Squinting in concentration, Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thi Ha An drops a bright red chili onto a bowl of pho noodles...
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Japan’s renowned artists find inspiration from pandemic
Tokyo, July 31, 2020 - Some of Japan’s best-known artists are finding new avenues of expression in areas such as online communication and the...
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Postcard reveals site of Van Gogh’s ‘farewell note in colour’ before suicide
Postcard reveals site of Van Gogh’s ‘farewell note in colour’ before suicide
Paris, July 30, 2020 - Stuck at home during lockdown, Dutch researcher Wouter van der Veen finally found time to look through old postcards...
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Banksy mural stolen at Bataclan returned to France from Italy
Banksy mural stolen at Bataclan returned to France from Italy
Rome, July 17, 2020 - Italy on Tuesday handed back to France a mural painted by British street artist Banksy which was stolen from...
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Louvre museum reopens after 16-week virus shutdown
Paris, July 6, 2020 — The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, reopens after its coronavirus closure today, but with nearly a third of...
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Looters target Myanmar temple treasures in tourist slump
Looters target Myanmar temple treasures in tourist slump
Bagan, July 6, 2020 — A squad of gun-toting police patrol Myanmar’s sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers...
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Paris’s Orsay museum reopens to smaller crowds with eye on finances
Paris’s Orsay museum reopens to smaller crowds with eye on finances
Paris, June 23, 2020 - The Musee d’Orsay in Paris, home of the French Impressionists, reopened to the public on Tuesday, three months after...
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