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Posted inOpinion

The Sun Is Setting on the British Museum

Avatar photo by Emiline Smith September 6, 2023September 7, 2023

There’s only one way for the museum to survive the 21st century, and it starts with advancing toward restorative justice.

Posted inNews

British Museum Director Resigns Amid Theft Scandal

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie August 25, 2023

The reported thefts by one of the museum’s own employees have also fueled new calls for the repatriation of the Benin Bronzes and Parthenon marbles.

Posted inBooks

An Art Thief’s Tale of Love and Seduction

Avatar photo by Erin L. Thompson August 14, 2023August 15, 2023

Stéphane Breitwieser stole several billion dollars worth of art from more than 150 museums before he was caught in 2001.

Posted inFilm

The Couple Behind One of History’s Most Brazen Art Heists

Avatar photo by Rachel Harris-Huffman November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

The Thief Collector goes beyond the 1985 theft of Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” to explore the speculative history of the presumed thieves who held onto it for over 30 years.

Posted inNews

$100M Stolen de Kooning Painting Returns to Museum After 37 Years

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 5, 2022October 5, 2022

Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre” was sliced out of its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art in a notoriously brazen theft.

Posted inArt

A New VR Experience Takes You Into a Museum of Stolen Masterpieces

by Sarah Rose Sharp July 28, 2022August 1, 2022

The “Stolen Art Gallery” features five works by Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Manet, Cézanne, and van Gogh, long lost to public view but fully visible in the metaverse.

Posted inNews

$2M Gold Tabernacle Stolen From Brooklyn Church

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 5, 2022June 3, 2022

Also, an angel statue was decapitated and the eucharist thrown over the altar.

Posted inNews

Man Breaks Into Dallas Museum and Smashes Over $1M Worth of Ancient Greek Art

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

21-year-old Brian Hernandez is accused of breaking into the museum by smashing a door with a steel chair.

Posted inNews

“Brazen” Couple Tries to Walk Out of Manhattan Gallery With a Basquiat

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

The suspects attempted to take a Basquiat artwork valued at $45,000 from Taglialatella Galleries but instead made off with a half-empty bottle of whiskey.

Posted inNews

You Can Now Report Stolen Art Using Interpol’s New App

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 9, 2021May 7, 2021

Users can browse more than 50,000 objects reported stolen or upload their own images to check whether a work has shady provenance.

Posted inFilm

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist Gets the Netflix Treatment

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

The miniseries This Is a Robbery is at its best when working through the stranger details of the infamous, still-unsolved crime.

Posted inFilm

A Modern Update to the “Gentleman Thief” Genre

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel January 14, 2021January 27, 2021

Starring Omar Sy, the French Netflix series Lupin is a delightful crime thriller.

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