Italian family who secretly guarded $109 million Botticelli for decades to protect it from theft return it

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A newly-returned "Madonna and Child" by Botticelli, set to undergo a year-long restoration.

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A homeowner planned to throwaway a painting hanging in her kitchen — it turned out to be a 13th-century masterpiece worth $25 million

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The painting "Christ Mocked", a long-lost masterpiece by Florentine artist Cimabue is displayed in Paris.

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Some Beyoncé fans are mad about 'listening only' tickets with obstructed views of the stage — but one fan risked it and got a 'perfect view'

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People are sharing screenshots of "listening only" tickets for Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour on Ticketmaster.

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Renaissance artists da Vinci and Botticelli may have used egg yolk in their masterpieces, new study finds

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Lamentation over the Dead Christ. Found in the collection of Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Botticelli’s Lamentation over the Dead Christ — one of the artworks found by the study to have egg yolk in the paint.

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  • Renaissance artists may have used egg yolk to protect and alter their paintings, scientists find. 

I designed the hat Beyoncé wore in the Renaissance tour promo. Now I'm working up to 15 hours a day to meet my Etsy waitlist of 6,000.

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