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5 days ago

Strange Coin Used on U.K. Bus Turns Out to Be 2,000-Year-Old Relic

A 2,000-year-old Phoenician coin from ancient Gadir was discovered in Leeds after being used as bus fare in the 1950s and is now entering the Leeds Discovery Centre collection.
fromARTnews.com
3 months ago

Japanese Museum Refunded for Wolfgang Beltracchi Forgery

A painting determined to be the work of "genius forger" Wolfgang Beltracchi in Japan's Tokushima Modern Art Museum, it was returned and refunded for 67.2 million yen ($426,000) by an Osaka-based company on Wednesday, November 19, reported the . The museum had announced that it would withdraw the canvas from an upcoming exhibition, following suspicions that it was a Beltracchi fake.
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fromTheartnewspaper
9 months ago

Holbein drawings go back on show at Kunstmuseum Basel after almost 20 years

A collection of fragile Hans Holbein drawings are on display at Kunstmuseum Basel after being unseen for nearly 20 years.
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