Person: Degas

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general

Sizzling summer of art shows to open around the country

Des O’Sullivan looks forward to some of the exhibitions that are due to open in the coming weeks.

world

French customs officers find stolen Degas painting in unclaimed suitcase on a bus

spotlight

UCC conference puts spotlight on Lusitania

travel

Munich: Where you're guaranteed bier und good times

general

Looking to the past

comment-analysis

Shedding new light on fine art

Thieves steal $45m Degas painting

A $45m painting by the 19th century artist Edgar Degas has been stolen from a French museum.

Thu, 31 Dec, 2009

Banksy gives Cowell £500k painting for Christmas

Simon Cowell was given a £500,000 painting for Christmas.

Tue, 29 Dec, 2009

Italian police seize secret stash of masterpieces

Italian tax police have today seized a secret stash of masterpieces from the disgraced founder of a collapsed dairy company.

Sat, 05 Dec, 2009

Stolen masterpieces 'found in mental hospital car park'

Police refused to comment today on reports that four stolen paintings worth around €119m had been found in the car park of a Swiss mental hospital 500 yards from where they were taken.

Tue, 19 Feb, 2008

Estimate of value of art stolen in Zurich rises

The estimated value of art taken from a Zurich museum by armed robbers has risen to around €120.5m, police said today.

Mon, 11 Feb, 2008

Paintings stolen in $100m museum raid

Armed robbers have stolen artworks worth US$100m (€68.7m) from a Zurich museum, Swiss police said today.

Mon, 11 Feb, 2008

Picasso sells for $104m shattering art record

PICASSO’S 1905 painting Boy with a Pipe has been sold to an unknown buyer for a record-shattering $104 million at Sotheby’s of New York.

Fri, 07 May, 2004

Rolf Harris joins the great masters

Rolf Harris is to be honoured with an exhibition of his work at the National Gallery.

Tue, 22 Oct, 2002

Crime writer 'solves' Jack the Ripper mystery

A US crime novelist is claiming she has solved the mystery of Jack the Ripper and named him as an artist who painted images of a murdered prostitute.

Fri, 07 Dec, 2001