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The coffin of Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, who died last week at the age of 91, lies in wake at the funeral chapel set up at the Congress in Bogota. Known for his voluptuous depictions of people and animals using different media, Colombia's most famous artist died in Monaco, where he lived, after developing pneumonia. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, inaugurates the 19M, a new centre for fashion crafts in Aubervilliers, on the outskirts of Paris, created at the behest of the Chanel company. IMAGES
The French and Beninese Ministers of Culture sign an act of transfer of ownership from France to Benin, allowing 26 colonial-era treasures from the kingdom of Abomey to return to their country after nearly 130 years of absence. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the exhibition "Restitution of 26 works of the royal treasures of Abomey", at the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum. It will be the last time the colonial-era treasures taken from Benin will be shown in France before being handed back in a landmark gesture. IMAGES
A team of technicians remove the silver fabric covering the Arc de Triomphe as the two weeks of artist Christo's temporary, posthumous work draws to a close. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurates Christo's posthumous work 'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped', alongside the artist's nephew who is overseeing the project and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. IMAGES
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