News
Italian Official Accused of Laundering Stolen Painting Resigns
Junior Culture Minister Vittorio Sgarbi insists that the stolen work was a fake and that his version is the real deal.
Art Crime
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British Museum Plans Exhibition of Recovered Stolen Gems
The objects were allegedly taken by a staff member suspected of systematically pocketing ancient gems and gold jewelry.
News
Stolen Painting Returns Home 54 Years After Mafia Heist
John Opie’s “The Schoolmistress” was allegedly stolen by three men associated with the New Jersey mob in 1969.
News
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Works Found in Antwerp Basement
The stolen artworks were valued at a combined $900,000 at the time of their theft in 2010.
News
Italian Culture Minister Accused of Owning Stolen Painting
The 17th-century work was allegedly cut from its frame in an art heist.
News
Met Museum to Return 16 Looted Khmer Artifacts
The works, linked with infamous antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford, will be repatriated to Cambodia and Thailand.
Opinion
A Cleveland Museum’s Bad Bet on a Looted Roman Statue
The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.
Opinion
Tigray’s Cultural Heritage Is in Danger, But Does the World Care?
The fate of innumerable sacred lives, buildings, and artifacts destroyed mainly by Ethiopian and invading Eritrean troops are still being willfully ignored by Western governments and international organizations.
News
Orlando Museum Ex-Director Says He Was “Scapegoated” in Fake Basquiats Scandal
Aaron De Groft is countersuing the Orlando Museum of Art for alleged “wrongful termination” and “irreparable injury to his reputation.”
News
Thief Makes Off With $100K Chagall in NYC Gallery Break-In
A suspect wearing blue gloves carried the framed work down the sidewalk to their car and drove off.
News
Shit Hits the Fan for Alleged Thieves of $6M Gold Toilet
Maurizio Cattelan's sculpture "America," a functioning 18-karat gold toilet, was stolen from Blenheim Palace in the UK in 2019.
News
Museum Sues Manhattan DA Over $20M Statue
The ancient sculpture was seized from the Cleveland Museum of Art as part of an investigation into artifacts allegedly looted from Turkey.