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Theft of Madonna church painting puzzles Belgian policeBRUSSELS (AP) – It’s probably not a long-lost painting by Michelangelo. It almost certainly wasn’t stolen by a sophisticated gang of international art thieves. But the disappearance of a painting that a priest claimed resembled a work by the Renaissance master has Belgian investigators scratching their heads.
Belgian museum shows Red Star Line was lifeline to manyANTWERP, Belgium (AP) – In today’s world of cruise ship travel, it is easy to forget how life-changing boarding a steamer once was. When young Sonia Pressman Fuentes stepped aboard the Westernland II ship in Antwerp with her family on April 20, 1934, it was the biggest leap she would ever take. “It made it […]
Expert: Dutch art heist may be tied to Belgian cocaine bustTHE HAGUE – Last week’s heist of paintings including a Picasso and Monets from a Dutch museum could be linked to the seizure of eight tonnes of cocaine in Belgium days earlier, a security expert said Wednesday. The October 16 theft from Rotterdam’s Kunsthal museum saw thieves disappear into the night with seven major artworks, […]
Belgian art dealer dies under surveillance in ChinaBRUSSELS (AFP) – A Belgian art dealer has died while held under surveillance in China for illegally exporting a sarcophagus that is now on display in a Paris museum, the Belgian foreign ministry said Thursday. Kurt De Raedemaeker, 48, had been barred from leaving China when he died, a ministry spokesman said. Belgian broadcaster VRT […]