Edgar Degas Impressionist Painting “Les Choristes” Stolen from Marseille Museum

PARIS.- Thieves stole a valuable painting by 19th century artist Edgar Degas overnight from a French museum, police said Thursday. The colourful image of singers performing on a theatre stage was missing when staff opened up the Cantini Museum in the southern port city of Marseille, prosecutor Jacques Dallest said. The national museums service said the picture was a pastel work titled “The Chorus”, worth 800,000 euros (1.14 million dollars), correcting an estimate given by local police that it was [...]

Kunsthaus Zurich Announces Programme to Celebrate 100th Anniversary

ZURICH.- In 2010 the Kunsthaus Zürich will celebrate its hundredth anniversary. Switzerland’s oldest combined collection and exhibition space opened its doors in Karl Moser’s late Jugendstil museum building on the Heimplatz in 1910, and now, in honour of the centenary, the Kunsthaus will showcase its opulent collection, including many donations, and mount a major Picasso show in tribute to its tradition of key exhibitions. In 2015 the artistic idea of a dynamic museum for the 21st century will become reality, [...]