PALM DESERT, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The Heather James Fine Art gallery in Palm Desert, Calif., has announced plans for a major Pablo Picasso exhibition, starting next month.

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PARIS, June 9 (UPI) -- French authorities are trying to figure out who took a Pablo Picasso sketchbook worth millions of dollars from a Paris museum.

MARSEILLE, France, May 24 (UPI) -- The mayor of the French village of Vauvenargues says a chateau once used by famed Spanish painter Pablo Picasso is set to open to the general public.

CHICAGO, May 10 (UPI) -- The works of famed Spanish painter Pablo Picasso will be prevalent in the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, an art curator says.

DENVER, April 9 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators sued a Colorado investment manager, alleging he ran a Ponzi scheme and used investor money to buy classic cars and Rembrandt masterpieces.

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BEIJING, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A Chinese artist said her vegetable recreations of famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and others have sold for up to $2,000.