Brueghel work found in dim French TV room sells for $845,000

PARIS – One of Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s largest known works, whose discovery behind the television room door of a house in northern France amazed the art world, fetched 780,000 euros ($845,000) at auction in Paris Tuesday. The 17th century oil painting — which experts call “exceptional” and was long considered a fake … Read more

Kidjo, Blackwell, Pärt awarded Sweden’s Polar Music Prize

STOCKHOLM – Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt have won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award. The three “all made such a global impact with their music,” Marie Ledin, managing director of the annual prize, said in announcing the winners on Tuesday. … Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow’s experts to testify in Utah ski crash case

PARK CITY, Utah – Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys are expected to call a series of experts and read depositions from her two teenage children on Tuesday in the first full day of the movie star ‘s trial that they have to call witnesses to make their case. Due to the trial’s judge-imposed eight-day clock, Paltrow’s defense … Read more