Guard Arrested and then Released in Theft Of Degas Painting

MARSEILLE.- Several media outlets reported today that a security guard has been arrested in the theft of an Edgar Degas painting from a museum Wednesday night. The New York Times later published that the watchman had been released after questioning. The pastel work, “The Chorus,” was worth an estimated 800,000 euros ($1.15 million), the prosecutor said. Local media had originally said it was worth an estimated 30 million euros. Three policewomen while waiting to enter the Cantini Museum in Marseille [...]

Many Premier Art Institutions in Paris Closed Due to Strike

PARIS.- On a gray, drizzly day just made for a Paris museum visit, workers at the city’s premier art institutions went on strike Wednesday, leaving tourists out in the cold and some residents worried about the image that France projects. The Pompidou Center modern art museum and the Musee d’Orsay, with its famed paintings by the Impressionists, were closed Wednesday after workers angry over a government cost-cutting measure voted to strike. Workers at the Louvre, the crown jewel of Paris [...]