Preying on Italian Churches
With masterpieces in Italian churches harder to steal, thieves are targeting less valuable objects: candelabra, chalices, even the silver crown of a carved saint
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Botero in the Big Top
The artist gets acrobatic with scenes of tightrope walkers, jugglers, and other circus personalities
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Tomb with a View
A new virtual-reality project at the Vatican Museums allows visitors to wander through a 2,600-year-old Etruscan burial vault
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Canary Sings about Caravaggio
A Mafia informer says a stolen painting can never be recovered—but not everyone believes him.
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Debating a Vatican Cover-Up
Vatican restorers cleaning Michelangelo's last frescoes didn't remove later overpainting, dividing art historians and prompting an appeal to a higher authority.
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The Church Gives Contemporary Art Its Blessing
As the Vatican tries to build bridges between the Catholic Church and living artists, it also makes plans to exhibit new works.
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