Arts

Louvre reopens Apollo Gallery after a brazen heist, but no jewels are on display

Associated Press / July 22, 2026

Thieves took less than eight minutes to force their way through a window into the Apollo Gallery and steal crown jewels valued at $102 million.

Jeff Koons dodges time-barred copyright suit

Brief / July 21, 2026

MANHATTAN — The Second Circuit upheld a New York federal court’s decision to dismiss artist Michael Hayden’s copyright lawsuit against pop artist Jeff Koons over the latter’s “Made in Heaven” billboard artworks, which debuted in 1989 and 1990. Koons’ work depicted models on a set that included an original Hayden sculpture. Hayden claims he knew nothing about Koons and his allegedly infringing work until 2019, but the court says “the discovery rule does not allow plaintiffs to bury their heads in the sand, ignore widespread international media coverage of allegedly infringing art, and then sue for potential infringement some thirty years later.”

Arts

Louvre reopens Apollo Gallery after a brazen heist, but no jewels are on display

Jeff Koons dodges time-barred copyright suit

A horde of golden mini-Mozarts marks 270 years since the composer’s birth in Salzburg

Museum honors a late artist by covering its floor in enough peanut butter to make 15,000 sandwiches

Finding enchantment in an Oregon forest

Norman Rockwell people-watched in the West Wing lobby. Now those sketches are on public display

Vatican begins 5-year restoration of Raphael Loggia, used by popes and presidents

James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including ‘Cheers’ and ‘Friends,’ dies at 85

Russian artist critical of Putin shot dead in Poland

Monumental cave art on Paris’ oldest bridge finally opens, as the public steps and sniffs inside

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