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November 5, 2025

The Netherlands Will Return Stolen 3,500-Year-Old Sculpture to Egypt

On November 2, Prime Minister Dick Schoof of the Netherlands announced that his country would return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt by the end of this year. A recent investigation concluded that the Egyptian artifact had been stolen and illegally exported to the Netherlands, most likely amid the unrest of the Arab Spring either in 2011 or 2012.

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October 28, 2025

Women Spend More Money on Art Than Men, According to New Report From Art Basel

A joint report recently released by Art Basel and UBS has found that, in comparison to men, high-net-worth (HNW) women spend more money on art collecting. In 2024 alone, women collectors outspent their male counterparts by 46%, as based on a sampling of 3,100 HNW individuals across 10 major markets. Although male Gen X and boomer collectors outspent their women counterparts, Gen Z and millennial women outperformed men, according to the report.

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October 22, 2025

Thieves Steal $102 Million in Jewels in Brazen Louvre Robbery

Embed from Getty Images In something that seems straight out of a heist film, but is unfortunately true, $102 million in precious jewels were stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris over the weekend. Taken from the museum’s Apollo Gallery in broad daylight, the eight pieces taken were part of the French crown jewels and include jewelry gifted by Napoleon to his second wife for their wedding.

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October 14, 2025

Smithsonian Shutters Its Museums and Zoo Amid Government Shutdown

Amid the government shutdown, the Smithsonian Institution has temporarily shuttered its 21 museums in and around Washington, D.C., including the Air and Space Museum, the National History Museum, and the National Museum of American History. It has also closed its research centers, the National Zoo, and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

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