At the Louvre museum, all the gold and grandeur could not stop thieves with power tools

As French authorities scour Europe for some of their nation's most prized possessions, closer inspection of the Louvre museum itself reveals just how vulnerable it was to the type of attack that saw ...
WTKR

Hampton planning commission recommends approval of proposed art museum

On Oct. 16, the Hampton City Planning Commission recommended approval of McKenzie’s plan for the museum. She said the museum ...
Washingtonian

A Portrait of Chuck Brown Made With Images of DC Culture Anchors This New Exhibit

DC music legend Chuck Brown dominates the southeast quadrant of one floor of the 1223 Potomac Gallery in Georgetown—on one ...

Could Napoleon loot be lost FOREVER? Key questions in 7min Louvre heist after brazen gang even dropped CROWN in getaway

IT took just seven minutes for a chainsaw-wielding gang to scale the side of the Louvre and steal tens of millions worth of ...

Spectacular Louvre heist highlights security flaws at world's largest museum

Empress Eugénie's 2,000-diamond tiara and the necklace from the sapphire set of Queen Marie-Amélie and Queen Hortense, made ...

Thieves Steal Crown Jewels In 4 Minutes From Louvre Museum

Thieves have pulled off a daring heist at the Louvre, using a basket lift to reach the museum on Sunday morning.

Thieves pull off daring heist at the the Louvre, stealing jewels once worn by French royalty

The museum was closed Sunday after the robbery, which was carried out by thieves using a ladder mounted on the back of a ...

I’ve Lived in California for 10 Years—and This Is the Best Secret Beach Town in the Golden State

Because of its prime location in Southern California, Long Beach is a vacation-worthy destination all year round. Naturally, ...

Shutdown impact: What it means for workers, federal programs and the economy

One estimate from Oxford Economics said a shutdown reduces economic growth by 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points per week. A ...
Malay Mail

British Museum’s pink-themed gala positions itself as London’s answer to the Met Gala

The British Museum hosts its inaugural fundraising ball today, a glitzy event that has been touted by many observers as ...
The Art Newspaper

The greatest Cypriot show in Florida: Ringling Museum opens its first permanent ancient-art gallery

The project has been almost 100 years in the making, when one of the Ringling brothers bought thousands of works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and took them home to Sarasota ...