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• FBI looks into thrill-seeking teachers alleged to have been international art thieves

  04-05-2024 18:01
  
  Jerry and Rita Alter, now deceased, are suspected of having stolen artworks in the 80s, including Willem de Kooning’s Woman-OchreThe mystery of a nondescript, middle-aged couple who hung a stolen $150m Willem de Kooning painting behind a bedroom door in their Cliff, New Mexico, home may be closer to being resolved after the FBI agreed to assist in tracking down two other paintings that had been in the couple’s possession.A new twist to the story of Jerry and Rita Alter, a pair of New
  
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• FBI looks into thrill-seeking teachers alleged to have been global art thieves

  04-05-2024 18:01
  
  Jerry and Rita Alter, now deceased, are suspected of having stolen artworks in the 80s, including Willem de Kooning’s Woman-OchreThe mystery of a nondescript, middle-aged couple who hung a stolen $150m Willem de Kooning painting behind a bedroom door in their Cliff, New Mexico, home may be closer to being resolved after the FBI agreed to assist in tracking down two other paintings that had been in the couple’s possession.A new twist to the story of Jerry and Rita Alter, a pair of New
  
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• Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones | Martha Gill

  04-05-2024 18:00
  
  A classical singer is to be praised for last week’s rebellion against a sea of illuminated screensIt was after the third song in Britten’s Les Illuminations that Ian Bostridge decided he’d had enough. Wheeling round to face the constellation of screen lights that dotted Birmingham’s vast Symphony Hall, the tenor called the show to a halt. Could everyone please turn off their phones? It was extremely distracting.After the performance, which was two weeks ago, Bostridge was
  
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• ‘Is this an image of a sculpture or an invitation to a sexual encounter?’: Esteban Kuriel’s best phone picture

  04-05-2024 11:00
  
  The photographer on an ambiguous image inspired by Greek, Roman and Egyptian art“A former mentor, Elinor Carucci, recommends taking pictures daily as a sort of gym for the photographic mind,” Esteban Kuriel says.On this day, Kuriel was staying at St Ermin’s hotel in London and had visited the Sir John Soane’s Museum, which houses a collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian figurative sculptures. “The fragmented, contorted bodies inspired me, and I returned to my room
  
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• Henry Moore’s miniature sculptures celebrated in Bath show

  04-05-2024 07:00
  
  Exhibition of mini Moores is billed as first of its kind and Holburne also hosting Mr Doodle’s first UK museum exhibitionHenry Moore is celebrated for his monumental sculptures that turn city squares and parks into outdoor art galleries. But the Holburne Museum in Bath is staging a groundbreaking exhibition called Henry Moore in Miniature, a collection of the great artist’s works that could fit into the palm of the hand.The museum’s director, Chris Stephens, said its relatively
  
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• From The Fall Guy to Dua Lipa: your complete guide to the week’s entertainment

  04-05-2024 07:00
  
  Ryan Gosling plays a stunt double searching for a missing Hollywood star, while Britain’s biggest pop star offers some Glastonbury-ready bangersThe Fall Guy
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  It’s nearly two months since Ryan Gosling gave us that iconic slice of Ken at the Oscars, and if you’re jonesing for another hit, that’s understandable. Here the former Mousketeer plays an ageing action choreographer on the trail of a missing A-lister for whom he once acted as stunt double. Continue reading...
  
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