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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: thieves boost a bronze Rodin in Copenhagen, man is busted for trying to sell a fake van Gogh, and two works go missing from Slovakia's Andy Warhol museum.
Art Crime
Art
A Not-Quite-Great Documentary About the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time
"I think I can paint anything," says Wolfgang Beltracchi, the infamous German art forger, in Arne Birkenstock's documentary Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery.
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FBI Offers Reward for Two Stolen N.C. Wyeth Paintings
Seen any sentimental oil paintings of medieval knights hanging around lately?
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Artist Shocked When Her Art, Lost in Transit, Turns Up at Auction
On August 4, 2014, Cal Lane, a Canadian artist based in New York, shipped three boxes each containing three of her large Veiled Hood Stain prints to her gallery in Montreal, Art Mûr.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week's art crime blotter: sculptures by "the Soviet Henry Moore" smashed in Moscow, a Roman altar stolen from a British Museum, and a Chicago museum's Ronald McDonald statue decapitated.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: banana sculpture slips away, graffiti artist sues designer over Katy Perry's dress, and art signs disappear from New York City streets.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: A €25-million Picasso painting is seized aboard a superyacht, the designer of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games logo is accused of plagiarism, and a hitchhiking robot is destroyed.
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Shady Website Offers Posters of Any Image on the Internet Without Permission, Including Your Art
Artists and photographers are up in arms over a website that is selling cheap posters and prints of their work, without their knowledge or permission.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: terrifying golden head sculptures stolen from a British festival, an alleged thief blames museum's flimsy security for his thievery, and ancient ivory penis carvings turn up missing from an antiques store.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a mural of rainbows accused of containing "emblems of homosexuality" in Riyadh, a librarian confesses he stole 143 paintings and replaced them with his own forgeries, and a museum director gets shot in Moscow.
Opinion
The Art of Cady Noland as Poison Pill
Cady Noland has reportedly stirred up a kerfuffle around the sale of her work to a major collector.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Shepard Fairey turns himself in to Detroit Police, London police swarm an artist carrying a cardboard tube near Buckingham Palace, and an artist is arrested for "abstracting electricity."