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1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Emiline Smith

   Europe’s Art Theft Problem Is Much Bigger Than the Louvre (opens the original)

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   This week, two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in southern France and seized two paintings in under five minutes. Earlier this year, three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse and four priceless Renaissance works were stolen from two museums in Italy. The thefts are only the most recent in a series of museum robberies across Europe over the past year, following the brazen daytime jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris. In a new report last month, Europol warned that museum robberies wer

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2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Emiline Smith

   Zendaya’s Earrings Are Part of a Much Bigger Problem (opens the original)

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   Zendaya faced backlash for wearing a pair of 3,000-year-old Iranian gold discs at a London photocall for Christopher Nolan's forthcoming adaptation of The Odyssey earlier this month. The discs, mounted in 18-karat gold and diamonds, were recently made into earrings by jeweler Glenn Spiro as part of his Materials of the Old World collection, and subsequently acquired by London jewelry house Barron London, who stated that they are part of the company’s private collection and not for sale. Howeve

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