<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1251"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Web gallery of art</title><link>http://allart.biz/</link><description>Last  news</description><item><title>200 of the best artists from the beginning of XX century to our days.</title><link>http://allart.biz/news/read/200-of_the_best_artists.html</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:29:00 +0400</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The British newspaper The Times made a rating of 200 best artists, who lived in since the beginning of XX century to our days.]]></description></item><item><title>Stolen Picassos recovered in Serbia</title><link>http://allart.biz/news/read/Stolen_Picassos_recovered_in_Serbia.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:20:00 +0500</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Picasso painting Tete de cheval went missing in 2008 from a Swiss gallery. Swiss authorities say it has been recovered in Serbia. Swiss Police/Associated Press
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