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Two Prints Go Missing at the Boston Public Library
When an employee at the Boston Public Library couldn't find a Rembrandt etching in its Special Collections archive on April 8, it probably didn't seem like too big a deal.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: German police catch up with Hitler's bronze horses, falling tourist takes Greek vase with her, and Swiss squatters brick up museum entrances.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: vandals attack Lego superhero statue, New York cops blast police brutality artwork, Cuban paintings stolen in Miami heist.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Jonathan Meese acquitted in Nazi salute dispute, Picasso works disappear in transit, and Charles Saatchi sues Saatchi Art for Saatchi name.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Iceland jails geyser-dyeing "landscape painter," artist loses canvases left in alley, and offensive anti-homeless signs irk Illinoisans.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Elton John's glasses stolen from museum, a Basquiat painting disappears in breakup, and a sexy hay bale sculpture offends Aussies.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Thieves steal Lichtenstein from Simpsons co-creator's foundation, seller sues for money from van Gogh auction, and drug-buying art robot is set free.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Castle manager disappears 58 paintings, art thief returns loot to restaurant, opera company sells bronze sculpture for scrap.
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One of Ancient Egypt's Most Celebrated Paintings May Be a 19th-Century Fake
According to an Italian Egyptologist, one of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo's most prized ancient paintings could be a 19th-century archeological forgery.
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Should There be a Statute of Limitations on Nazi-Looted Art?
Should countries set a deadline for restitution claims brought by descendants of Holocaust victims whose art was looted by the Nazis?
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Russians rob Pierre Soulages, another dog sculpture scampers off, antiquities dealer busted selling loot, and more.
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Syria Has Reputedly Hidden Away 99% of Its Cultural Heritage Artifacts
It's rare to hear any positive news associated with cultural heritage and Syria these days, but there is a ray of hope.