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Egyptian authorities stopped two people suspected in the theft of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, nabbing them just moments before they were to board a plane and flee the country, according to Egypt's official news agency, MENA.

The enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the "Mona Lisa." French researchers studied seven of the Louvre Museum's Leonardo da Vinci paintings, including the "Mona Lisa," to analyze the master's use of successive ultrathin layers of paint and glaze - a technique that gave his works their dreamy quality.

Thieves steal a work by Picasso and other pictures - a day after a major art theft from a gallery in Paris.

Five paintings, reportedly including a Matisse and a Picasso, were stolen overnight from a Paris museum, the Paris mayor's office said Thursday.

Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for more than $106 million at Christie's on Tuesday, setting a record for art sold at auction.

Three months of work went into repairing “The Actor” after a woman accidentally fell into the canvas, causing a six-inch tear.

A newly authenticated Van Gogh has gone on display 35 years after a discredited art collector bought it in Paris, convinced it was painted by the famed Dutch master but never able to prove it.

Experts at the Met’s conservation laboratory are trying to determine the best course of action for a rare Rose Period Picasso that was torn on Friday.

A significant Pablo Picasso painting was damaged after a woman attending art class lost her balance, fell into " The Actor " and tore it, The Metropolitan Museum of Art said.

A painting by the Impressionist master Edgar Degas has been stolen at an exhibition in Marseille.