“The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” was confidentially handed off to Dutch art detective Arthur Brand this week.
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Authorities Seize $5M Roman Bust From Massachusetts Museum
The seizure is part of an ongoing investigation into “a smuggling network” trafficking antiquities looted from Turkey.
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Three Antiquities Traffickers and Their Fall From Grace
Amid a spate of high-profile repatriations of looted cultural objects, we took a closer look at some of the most infamous players in the illicit market.
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British Museum Director Resigns Amid Theft Scandal
The reported thefts by one of the museum’s own employees have also fueled new calls for the repatriation of the Benin Bronzes and Parthenon marbles.
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Disgraced Dealer’s Daughter to Forfeit $12M and Allegedly Smuggled Statue
The agreement reached by Douglas Latchford’s estate marks the largest forfeiture of looted antiquities profits to date.
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Artist Who Faked Native Identity Gets 18-Month Sentence
Jerry Chris Van Dyke claimed he was a member of the Nez Perce Tribe to sell his art.
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Alleged Hezbollah Financier Charged in Art and Diamonds Scheme
Nazem Ahmad disguised millions of dollars’ worth of transactions to evade US sanctions, according to the indictment.
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Stolen Elaine de Kooning Work Found in Colorado Hotel Room
Boulder authorities also uncovered stolen guns, drugs, and work by artist Jane Freilicher.
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American Woman Tried to Smuggle 166 Maya Objects From Guatemala
Stephanie Allison Jolluck was apprehended by authorities days after a close call with airport security, who found two 1,000-year-old artifacts in her luggage.
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Michigan Art Dealer Swindled Seniors in $1.6M Fraud Scheme
Wendy Halsted Beard defrauded her clients of over 100 photographs, including works by Ansel Adams, and targeted elderly collectors.
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Tucked Away in LA For Decades, 2,000-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Returns to Italy
An art attorney contacted the FBI on behalf of an anonymous client who was in possession of a mosaic of Medusa.
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Manhattan DA’s Office Is After Its Own Antiquities Trafficking Informant
Lebanese art dealer Georges Lotfi, who once helped authorities seize looted antiquities, is now accused of doing his own share of trafficking too.
