A Picasso painting, given to the Athens National Gallery by the artist himself, has been stolen along with two other valuable works.
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12/19/2024 - 5:10 am | View Link - Picasso painting found as builder arrested over art heist
The two paintings, shown by police on Tuesday, were seized in a 2012 raid on the National Gallery in Athens A painting by Pablo Picasso that was stolen nine years ago during a heist at a Greek ...
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