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What Canada’s Largest Art Heist Reveals about the Art World’s Shady Side

The stolen masterpieces have never turned up—and nobody’s really looking for them

The Walrus

United Arab Emirates reinforces cooperation with Louvre artefact trafficking probe

The United Arab Emirates, home to the only foreign branch of the Louvre, has vowed to ensure a thorough investigation into the trafficking of artefacts linked to its parent museum in Paris.

Radio France Internationale

Mona Lisa attacked with slice of cake

A man, who's since been arrested, created an elaborate disguise in order to get close enough to the masterpiece

Salon

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A man in a wig was detained after throwing a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa

A man who was apparently disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair was detained after throwing a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa.

WEKU

Man disguised as old woman throws cake at the Mona Lisa

A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth.

France 24

Man in wig throws cake at glass protecting Mona Lisa

A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth

The Independent UK

Former president of the Louvre museum charged in antiquities trafficking case

Jean-Luc Martinez receives preliminary charges for alleged antiquities trafficking, "complicity in organised fraud" and money laundering during his tenure as head of the famous Paris museum.

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Paris: Ex-leader of Louvre charged with money laundering

The former president of the Louvre museum has received preliminary charges for alleged antiquities trafficking during his tenure as head of the famous Paris museum

The Independent UK

The 10 most expensive artworks ever sold

As Andy Warhol’s iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe sells for $195 million, Amy Francombe charts the world’s other record-breaking works of art

Evening Standard

Man bizarrely claims he has sexual relationship with famous artwork the Mona Lisa

Leonardo DiCaprio's favourite artist Domingo Zapata has been obsessing over Leonardo da Vinci's work for more than a decade and said he dreams about having sex with the woman in the 1503 painting

Daily Mirror

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