Mohsen Shekari (via Twitter) Iranian activist Mohsen Shekari was executed in Tehran on Thursday, December 8, after 75 days in custody for his participation in the mass demonstrations calling for freedom from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Shekari, 23, was arrested and detained on September 25 for blocking Sattar Khan […]
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‘It Was Just Flabbergasting’: $321,000 Renaissance Painting Discovered Hanging (Off-Kilter) Above Nonagenarian’s Bed
A missing masterwork by a follower of the Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi hidden in simple sight in a London bungalow has marketed for £255,000 ($321,000) at Dawsons Auctioneers in London. The painting belonged to a girl in her 90s who moved to a nursing home previous year. Her family […]