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Navajos buy back artifacts at disputed auction

PARIS – The largest Native American tribe in the American Southwest won its bid Monday to buy back seven sacred masks at a contested auction of tribal artifacts in Paris that netted over a m...

DATE: Dec 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rare Shakespeare Folio discovered in French town

PARIS – The accidental discovery in a small library in northern France of an original first folio of Shakespeare’s plays has sent a jolt of excitement around the world of Shakespeare scholar...

DATE: Nov 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Rocky love: Letters by great women are auctioned

PARIS – An unprecedented collection of 1,500 documents from some of history’s greatest women is being auctioned in Paris, including everything from Catherine the Great’s imperious letter shu...

DATE: Nov 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Abu Dhabi shows off its treasures in Paris

PARIS – The oil-rich United Arab Emirates certainly has the wealth of a first-class nation. Now it hopes to buy in the culture of a first-class nation to the tune of 400 million euros ($550 ...

DATE: May 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

U.S. charity buys ancient masks to return to Hopi, Apache tribes

PARIS – A U.S. charitable foundation said Wednesday that it was the anonymous bidder that paid $530,000 for 24 Native American masks in a contested Paris auction two days ago and will return...

DATE: Dec 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S., Israel lose UNESCO voting right in dispute

PARIS – American influence in culture, science and education around the world took a high-profile blow Friday when the U.S. automatically lost voting rights at UNESCO by missing a deadline ...

DATE: Nov 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. to lose vote at UNESCO, incurs debts

PARIS – American influence in culture, science and education around the world is facing a high-profile blow Friday as the U.S. is stripped of its voting rights at the world’s cultural agency...

DATE: Nov 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Painting visible only from Eiffel Tower

PARIS – Art is often seen as lofty – but perhaps none more than a new roof installation in Paris that’s only visible from the top of the Eiffel Tower. The work, a huge 7,500-squar...

DATE: Jun 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts

Cannes lineup celebrates world film

Old favorites also on deck for May festival

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Auction of Hopi masks decried

Paris sale includes dozens of artifacts with religious significance

DATE: Apr 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Navajos buy back artifacts at disputed auction

Rare Shakespeare Folio discovered in French town

Rocky love: Letters by great women are auctioned

Abu Dhabi shows off its treasures in Paris

U.S. charity buys ancient masks to return to Hopi, Apache tribes

U.S., Israel lose UNESCO voting right in dispute

U.S. to lose vote at UNESCO, incurs debts

Painting visible only from Eiffel Tower

Cannes lineup celebrates world film

Auction of Hopi masks decried

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