Visual arts

Italy planning 5-figure fines for monument and art vandalism

Italy will push for a law imposing stiff, five-figure fines on vandals who damage monuments or other cultural sites, to help pay for the repairs and clean-up.

At a Cabinet meeting on April 11, the government approved proposed legislation championed by the culture minister that would impose fines starting at 10,000 euros (nearly $11,000) and as high as 60,000 euros (about $65,000).

Yannis Gaitis | Athens | To May 14

Marking 100 years since the birth of the great Greek modernist Yannis Gaitis (1923-1984), the B&M Theocharakis Foundation (thf.gr) presents the retrospective show "The Essence of Anonymity." The career-spanning exhibition starts with his 1944 self-portrait and stretches to the end of his creative journey, with pieces on loan from galleries, foundations and private collections, including sev

Is it possible to have too much Picasso?

Why can't the world get enough of Pablo Picasso? On the 50th anniversary of his death, it seems the appetite for the Spanish master is inexhaustible.

Picasso's ceramics, Picasso's sculptures, Picasso and feminism, Picasso's use of white, celebrity photographs of Picasso... the list of exhibitions marking the half-century since his death on April 8, 1973 runs on and on.

China's 'art factory' painters turn from fakes to originals

Painters in a Chinese village once known for churning out replicas of Western masterpieces are now making original art worth thousands of dollars, selling their own works in a booming domestic art market.

Home to more than 8,000 artists, southern China's Dafen has been producing near-perfect copies of timeless masterpieces for years.

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