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Suspect Uriel Landeros Arrested Yesterday; Meanwhile Damaged Picasso Painting Still Being Repaired The attorney representing the man charged with vandalizing a Picasso painting at the Menil last summer could find it difficult to defend him when he returns to Houston, possibly tomorrow. It seems the suspect has already confessed to the crime. |
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Man Accused of Vandalizing 1929 Picasso Surrenders A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act caught on cellphone video has surrendered to federal marshals at the U.S.-Mexico border. |
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YouTube Video Captures Vandal Defacing Picasso Painting At The Menil Collection Officials at the Menil Collection have confirmed a vandal spray-painted a Pablo Picasso painting last week. Most of the 80-year-old artwork has been fixed. |
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Final Days To View Ancient Byzantine Frescoes One of Houston's hidden treasures is about to disappear. The Byzantine Fresco Chapel — part of the Menil Museum Collection — will close on Sunday. Laurie johnson spoke with some of the people who were visiting the chapel for the last time. |
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KUHF Conversations: Josef Helfenstein A mainstay of the Menil Collection is about to close. For 15 years, the Byzantine Fresco Chapel has housed frescoes from the 13th century that were looted from a Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus. KUHF's David Pitman stopped by the chapel to ask Menil director Josef Helfenstein why these frescoes meant so much to John and Dominique de Menil, and how he feels about the pieces going home. |
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Menil To Return 13th Century Frescoes To Cyprus The leader of Cyprus' Orthodox Christian Church says the Menil Collection plans to return a set of rare 13th-century frescoes. |
