Paris Modern Art

A French artist was entombed Wednesday inside a 12-tonne boulder for a week, saying: "I think I can take it." With the world's press looking on, the two halves of the limestone rock were closed on Abraham Poincheval by workmen in a Paris modern art museum.

A burglar dubbed "Spiderman", notorious for daring acrobatic heists, went on trial on Monday for a $100-million art heist in 2010 that saw works by Picasso and Matisse stolen from a Paris gallery.

An iconic "Water Lilies" painting by French artist Claude Monet sold for 31.7 million pounds ($54 million, 39.7 million euros) at a London sale on Monday, the second-highest sum paid for his work on record.

A Paris-based trickster has been charged with flooding the art market with forged paintings of India's most famous and controversial modern artist, M.F. Husain, police said on Thursday.

A French artist was entombed Wednesday inside a 12-tonne boulder for a week, saying: "I think I can take it." With the world's press looking on, the two halves of the limestone rock were closed on Abraham Poincheval by workmen in a Paris modern art museum.

A burglar dubbed "Spiderman", notorious for daring acrobatic heists, went on trial on Monday for a $100-million art heist in 2010 that saw works by Picasso and Matisse stolen from a Paris gallery.

An iconic "Water Lilies" painting by French artist Claude Monet sold for 31.7 million pounds ($54 million, 39.7 million euros) at a London sale on Monday, the second-highest sum paid for his work on record.

A Paris-based trickster has been charged with flooding the art market with forged paintings of India's most famous and controversial modern artist, M.F. Husain, police said on Thursday.