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Google Art Project: Here Are Some of the Famous Works Available Online

By Steven HofferFeb 1st 2011 – 10:04AM

Google has introduced its latest foray into the art world, and these are no doodles. Google Art Project takes visitors on a virtual, "street-view"-style field trip through some of the world's most renowned art museums "to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail." Seventeen of the...

Thief Grabs $600M in Paintings From Paris Museum

By Dana KennedyMay 20th 2010 – 8:41AM
Jacques Brinon, AP

Jacques Brinon, AP

(May 20) -- A broken window and a smashed grille were the first clues that led to the discovery early today that five paintings worth $613 million, including a Picasso and a Matisse, were stolen sometime overnight from the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. A surveillance camera later showed a single, hooded and masked man...

Background on Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

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