LONDON, June 19 (UPI) -- The sale of a Claude Monet painting at Christie's Auction house in London kicked off a week of huge sales on London's art market.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 4 (UPI) -- Letters by some of the greatest figures in politics, arts and sciences offering a glimpse at life centuries ago were found in a Swiss home's laundry.

LONDON, May 15 (UPI) -- British scientists say they may have discovered the secret behind the work of Impressionist painter Claude Monet: cataracts.

STANFORD, Calif., April 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. ophthalmologist has recreated famous works of art as the painters might have seen their own work while suffering from eye disease.

LONDON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Previously unseen drawings of Claude Monet, including one found on the back of another work, provide insight into the artist, a British curator said.

UPI almanac for Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006.

Today is Monday, Nov. 14, the 318th day of 2005 with 47 to follow.

Today is Sunday, Nov. 14, the 319th day of 2004 with 47 to follow.

CHICAGO, July 1 (UPI) -- Georges Seurat's "A Sunday on La Grand Jatte" is the centerpiece of a major exhibition of the French Pointillist painter now on at the Art Institute of Chicago.