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.
Art Crime
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.
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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.
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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.
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Artist Sentenced for Faking Native Identity
Lewis Anthony Rath sold thousands of dollars worth of art while claiming to be a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe.
News
British Museum Wants Your Help Finding Stolen Artifacts
The London institution launched a website to recover reportedly hundreds of missing items, some suspected stolen by a former employee.
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$1.5M Buddha Statue Stolen From LA Gallery
The 250-pound bronze sculpture was taken from Barakat Gallery’s outdoor space in West Hollywood.
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MoMA and Morgan Library Among Museums Returning Nazi-Looted Art
Seven Egon Schiele works that belonged to Austrian-Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum were handed back to his heirs.
News
Lindemann Family Returns $20M Worth of Looted Cambodian Artifacts
The 33 antiquities were linked to notorious trafficker Douglas Latchford.
News
Stolen Van Gogh Painting Returned in IKEA Bag
“The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring” was confidentially handed off to Dutch art detective Arthur Brand this week.