A stone sculpture by Amedeo Modigliani has sold for €43 million (£36 million) at a Paris auction. “It’s a record for a work by the artist in any category,” said Christie’s, which organised the sale.

A lone thief broke into a Paris museum last night and stole five paintings worth €500m (£430m) including masterpieces by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, French police said today. A police spokesman said works by Picasso, Matisse, George Braque, Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger were reported missing early this morning from the Paris Museum of [...]