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The painting had belonged to Kojiro Matsukata, a businessman who collected Western art between 1916 and 1927. (Photo: Pixabay)

Missing Monet returns home to Japan

The oil painting, around two metres long and 4.2 metres wide, was unearthed in the Louvre Museum in Paris in 2016.

27 Feb 2018 7:28 PM IST

Plonking a modernist pyramid into the centre of a Renaissance palace was initially considered sacrilege. (Photo:AFP)

The journey of Louvre's pyramid from outrage to icon

Paris celebrates 30 years of the Louvre's glass pyramid, which was once considered to be a brazen addition to the...

28 March 2019 11:49 PM IST

The pyramid is the most popular of a series of ambitious projects launched by then President Francois Mitterrand in the 1980s and 1990s that changed the image of the French capital. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Louvre's glass pyramid celebrates 30th anniversary

The 70 feet-high glass and steel pyramid set for interactive performance.

27 March 2019 1:28 PM IST

After criticism that Barbies curvy body promoted an unrealistic image for young girls, Mattel added a wider variety of skin tones, body shapes, hijab-wearing dolls and science kits to make Barbie more educational. (Photo: Pixabay)

Happy 60th Birthday, Barbie: Evolution of iconic fashionable doll...

Iconic Barbie doll celebrates 60 years of evolution honouring real-life heroes and more than 200 careers.

11 March 2019 4:46 PM IST

Chinese-American architect I M Pei posing for a portrait in front of the Louvre glass pyramid, which he designed, in the museums Napoleon Courtyard, prior to its inauguration in Paris. (Photo: AP)

I M Pei: Iconic architect of the Louvre Pyramid passes away

The legendary architect was known to thoroughly research his projects and firmly believed in the art of architecture.

17 May 2019 2:40 PM IST