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Art Theft

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A Long-Lost de Kooning Is Being Restored, But Will Always Bear the Scars of Its Theft

Avatar photo by Ellie Duke December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Willem de Kooning’s “Woman–Ochre” was missing for over 30 years. Now recovered, it shows signs of mishandling and amateur restoration that are difficult to fix.

Posted inIn Brief

Court Rules That Picasso’s Electrician Stole 271 of the Artist’s Works

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 21, 2019November 20, 2019

Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec’s Picasso stockpile was estimated to be worth €70 million (~$77.5 million).

Posted inIn Brief

1,200 Stolen Paintings Were Discovered in a Los Angeles Storage Locker

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 19, 2019November 20, 2019

Of a total 2,300 missing paintings by Scottish painter Benjamin Creme, 1,200 have been recovered. They are valued at around $777,000.

Posted inIn Brief

Oh, Crap! Thieves Swipe Solid Gold Toilet Worth $6M

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 16, 2019October 23, 2019

Maurizio Cattelan’s golden throne was stolen from the Blenheim Art Foundation.

Posted inFilm

Short on Substance, The Goldfinch Falters on Screen

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel September 10, 2019September 10, 2019

The adaptation of Donna Tartt’s bestseller sacrifices its nuances to fit in all of its plot points.

Posted inIn Brief

New Yorker Arrested and Charged for Stealing a $16,000 Sculpture from a Manhattan Gallery

by Hakim Bishara April 30, 2019

Surveillance camera footage shows the suspect allegedly walking off with the sculpture in broad daylight.

Posted inIn Brief

World’s Most Successful Art Thief Told His Secrets in a GQ Interview

by Sarah Rose Sharp March 6, 2019

Unmotivated by profit, Stéphane Breitwieser stole over a billion dollars worth of art and artifacts to fill his obsessive treasure trove, which he stored away in an attic.

Posted inIn Brief

Woman Steals $17,500 Rock from Yoko Ono Installation

by Claire Voon April 9, 2018

The perpetrator, who was caught on camera, took the rock from a participatory installation called “Stone Piece” at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto.

Posted inNews

314 Rare Books Stolen from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Library

by Elena Goukassian April 2, 2018April 2, 2018

There are generally two types of rare book thieves — ones that steal for money and book hoarders.

Works in Sean Scully's 2006 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum (photo by Mark Barry/Flickr)
Posted inIn Brief

Artist Sean Scully’s Former Assistant Allegedly Stole Work to Sell at Auction

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton October 31, 2017

Arturo Rucci, a former assistant to Scully, has been arrested under suspicion of stealing a triptych from the artist’s studio and consigning it for auction at Bonhams.

Posted inIn Brief

Vigilantes Posing as City Workers Steal Street Art in Paris

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton August 7, 2017

Some 15 tile pieces by the French street artist Invader have been pried off city’s walls by two men claiming to be municipal workers.

Posted inIn Brief

Florida Art Thief Drives Stolen Car 1,000 Miles to Ask Obama for Pardon

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton January 23, 2017

Miami resident and confessed art thief Marcus Sanford Patmon was arrested on Wednesday after driving a stolen car to Arlington, Virginia, where “he was looking to be pardoned by the Obama administration before the Trump administration came in,” according to an Arlington Police Department spokesperson.

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