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A major wildfire burning in Los Angeles near the famed Getty Center art museum was likely sparked by a tree branch falling on power lines in high winds, fire officials said on Tuesday. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2PB10Mi https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

When a fast-moving wildfire licked up to the fringes of the sprawling Getty Center complex on Tuesday, the staff of the Los Angeles museum betrayed no sign of panic, confident that its priceless art was safe and secure within its walls. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2q0s8K6 https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

Russian oil producer Lukoil and Hungarian energy company MOL are set to sign a settlement deal over contaminated oil during Russian President Putin's visit to Budapest this week, four industry sources told Reuters. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/31VVNBk https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

The European Union agreed on Monday to delay Brexit until Jan.31, said the bloc's chairman, Donald Tusk. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2MS5QDn https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

The European Union will on Monday "most likely" agree to delay Britain's departure from the European Union until Jan.31, said a source close to French President Emmanuel Macron who last week prevented the bloc from reaching a decision on the delay. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2MRzoAP https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

A long-lost painting by 13th century Italian master Cimabue that was found in the kitchen of an elderly French woman was sold for 24 million euros ($26.6 million), more than four times the pre-auction estimate, auction Acteon house said on Sunday. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2Wi7HnR https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

Author Bernardine Evaristo hopes her Booker Prize-winning novel will help to alter perceptions of black British people among African readers and Britons she sees as grappling with heightened racial tension. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/31T0Gv0 https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

A major exhibition marking 500 years since the death of Leonardo da Vinci opened in Paris on Thursday but there was intrigue over whether the "Salvator Mundi" painting of Christ, one of the best-known works attributed to the master, would make a late appearance. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2BFTyHW https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

Gojek CEO and co-founder Nadiem Makarim said on Monday he had resigned to join Indonesia's cabinet, and the ride-hailing and payments company said two senior officials would jointly take over running operations of the $10 billion firm. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/35TByaA https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

France's Louvre museum, home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, is putting the final touches to one of the biggest ever exhibitions of the Italian master's work with the presence of the world's most expensive painting agonizingly unresolved. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2Mx1TDL https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

Andrea Gandini, a 22-year-old Roman sculptor, is making a growing name for himself by turning the Eternal City's dead tree stumps into much-admired pieces of art. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/32AT01S https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

When Japan's youngest prince, Hisahito, visited Bhutan in August on his first overseas trip just months after his uncle Naruhito became emperor, his trip was regarded as the debut of a future monarch on the world stage. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2VY291Y https://ift.tt/1lWo55T

British street artist Banksy is selling a Union Jack stab vest, riot helmet 'disco balls' and a 'designer handbag' made from a brick to randomly selected buyers who can answer the question: "Why does art matter?". from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/33yQGsa https://ift.tt/1lWo55T