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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: college art thief fails, Romanian minister gets Picasso bribes, and Versace rips off a designer's shirt.
Art Crime
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: thieves take Taco Bell painting, vandals critique Kant, and a man mistaken for Banksy sues six NYPD officers.
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Staff Stole 162 Artifacts from Museum of Macedonia
Last Friday, a judge in the Macedonian capital Skopje convicted six employees at the state-owned Museum of Macedonia of stealing objects from the institution’s collection and selling them abroad through an organized crime ring, AFP reported.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week's art crime blotter: Uncanny canine sculpture goes for a walk, German art dealer gets six years, and Navy veteran accused of improper flag use in baby photo shoot.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: selfie-taking vandals at the Colosseum, former Vatican worker holds stolen Michelangelo letter ransom, and ISIS mounts cyber attack on Midwestern crafts museum.
Books
Mapping the Mid-Century Murders and Gritty Life of New York
In the gritty, sleepless streets of mid-century New York, Weegee photographed the cars crumpled like accordions, bodies dripping blood encircled by gawkers, and night cops hunched over the latest crime scene.
Art
What ISIS Destroys, Why, and Why We Must Document It
The destruction at the Mosul Museum raises questions about why certain items were destroyed, while others were spared.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week's art crime blotter: Brothers trying to offload fake Goya get conned, gallery manager siphons off $450,000 from Botero sale, and French thieves make off with the King of Siam's crown.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week's art crime blotter: Cops don't care for anti-cop mural, misattribution embarrasses Toronto art detectives, and an ice sculpture smasher is on the loose.
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UN Security Council Takes Aim at ISIS Antiquities Trafficking
Last week the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution to curb the trade of looted antiquities from Iraq and Syria. UN Security Council Resolution 2199 prohibits the trade of artifacts illegally removed from Syria since 2011 and Iraq since 1990.
Art
A Virtual Reality Museum for Stolen and Looted Art
The virtual reality technology of Oculus Rift is being used to collect the digital remains of lost art.
Art
Art Students Reconstruct the Lost Faces of Unidentified Crime Victims
Last month, students in the Forensic Sculpture Workshop at the New York Academy of Art (NYAA) made faces for 11 anonymous skulls belonging to unidentified victims of crimes.