British brothers jailed for stealing Ming Dynasty artifacts from Geneva museumAn international DNA database played a crucial role in solving the case, linking the DNA found at the crime scene to Stewart Ahearne, then ...
17 Jan, 2024, 08.13 PM IST
Swiss museum sells three Cézanne artworks for $52.5 mn amid financial crisisThe move, criticised by some, was deemed necessary by the museum's foundation to prevent insolvency. Markus Stegmann, the museum director, ...
14 Nov, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
British & Swiss police recover 15th-century Ming vase worth $2.5 mn in a sting operationBritish police have recovered a 15th-century Chinese vase worth £2 million ($2.5 million) and dismantled a criminal gang that stole the art...
22 Aug, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
T-Rex skeleton 'Trinity' goes on auction; sells for more than $6 millionThe 3.9 metre (12.8-foot) high skeleton, is made up of bones from three different T-rexes which are estimated to be somewhere between 65 to...
19 Apr, 2023, 01.50 PM IST
Rare T-Rex skeleton, named TRX-293 Trinity, to go under the hammer in SwitzerlandIt is only the third T-Rex skeleton to be offered at auction.
30 Mar, 2023, 05.38 PM IST
Museum that houses world's most important Greek antiquities to undergo major renovationThe project, expected to last four years, will be led by the British architect Sir David Chipperfield.
16 Feb, 2023, 08.52 AM IST
From stuffed pigeons to slowly-melting chairs, billionaire tycoon's art collection has it allIt will give visitors a glimpse of François Pinault's trove of art purchases since the 1980s.
21 May, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over museumFIFA said on Tuesday it suspected ``criminal mismanagement by FIFA's former management and companies appointed by them'' to work on the mus...
22 Dec, 2020, 04.51 PM IST
Why CAG is building a grand museum in ShimlaThe museum will be housed in Shimla at Chadwick House where the first batch of audit and account officers from independent India underwent ...
25 Sep, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
Travel across Belgium, Switzerland and the Caribbean in pursuit of the world’s finest chocolateThe Grand Place of Brussels is buzzing with chocolate-laden cafés, restaurants, bars, boutiques and shops.
09 Jul, 2015, 05.09 AM IST
Basel: The unique city that juxtaposes traditional, modern & cross-cultural influencesA light, cold drizzle coupled with dull grey light added to the gloom; people rushed about, heads bent and huddled under their umbrellas.
07 Dec, 2014, 09.57 AM IST
- Parkett's first 50 published volumes to go under the hammer at Christie’s
The works featured in the collection are by many of today’s most eminent contemporary artists, including Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol, Féli...
28 Aug, 2013, 06.55 PM IST
Starbucks’ Christmas campaign on Twitter hijacked by tax protestsA Starbucks Twitter campaign for Christmas, displayed on a big screen at the Natural History Museum in London, backfired after protesters h...
19 Dec, 2012, 04.54 AM IST
- Rivetting facets of Lucerne
Visitors to Switzerland may well be forgiven for thinking that Lucerne is just the base for excursions to the fascinating Mt Titlis and Mt ...
15 May, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Asia's first museum of modern Art coming up in Kolkata
The metropolis will soon have a new a museum of modern art projected as the first of its kind in Asia.
13 May, 2008, 09.44 AM IST
- Lakeside legends
Though it is known as Olympic City, Lausanne had much more to offer non-sports buffs too.
25 Jan, 2007, 12.43 AM IST
- Swiss treat
Lucerne’s lovely architecture and museums is fascinating. And the desi flavour of Mount Titlis made her feel right at home!
16 Nov, 2006, 12.00 AM IST