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‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain's Prado Museum

Nov. 02, 2024 01:36 AM EDT

MADRID (AP) — It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get him, their gaze piercing the boundary between art and life. That’s why acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville prefers to visit Spain’s Prado Museum during its opening hours — even though he's been invited to...

AP PHOTOS: Partial reopening of the Rubens House in Antwerp gives glimpse of painter's life

Aug. 29, 2024 08:23 AM EDT

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — The city palace of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens is partly reopening this weekend, allowing Antwerp to show off the life and work of perhaps its most famous citizen. The Rubens House may not have as many paintings as Madrid's Prado museum or the canvas...