On this week’s art crime blotter: a trucker took down an Antony Gormley statue, vandals hammered a shiny public sculpture, and a Swiss dealer got in trouble for selling stolen Picassos to a Russian billionaire.
Art Theft
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Warhols go missing in Los Angeles, a papier-mâché cat goes up in flames, and vandals attack a dystopian equestrian sculpture.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: thieves boost a bronze Rodin in Copenhagen, man is busted for trying to sell a fake van Gogh, and two works go missing from Slovakia’s Andy Warhol museum.
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Artist Shocked When Her Art, Lost in Transit, Turns Up at Auction
On August 4, 2014, Cal Lane, a Canadian artist based in New York, shipped three boxes each containing three of her large Veiled Hood Stain prints to her gallery in Montreal, Art Mûr.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: sculptures by “the Soviet Henry Moore” smashed in Moscow, a Roman altar stolen from a British Museum, and a Chicago museum’s Ronald McDonald statue decapitated.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: banana sculpture slips away, graffiti artist sues designer over Katy Perry’s dress, and art signs disappear from New York City streets.
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Shady Website Offers Posters of Any Image on the Internet Without Permission, Including Your Art
Artists and photographers are up in arms over a website that is selling cheap posters and prints of their work, without their knowledge or permission.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: terrifying golden head sculptures stolen from a British festival, an alleged thief blames museum’s flimsy security for his thievery, and ancient ivory penis carvings turn up missing from an antiques store.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a mural of rainbows accused of containing “emblems of homosexuality” in Riyadh, a librarian confesses he stole 143 paintings and replaced them with his own forgeries, and a museum director gets shot in Moscow.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Shepard Fairey turns himself in to Detroit Police, London police swarm an artist carrying a cardboard tube near Buckingham Palace, and an artist is arrested for “abstracting electricity.”
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: nude Eiffel Tower performance lands artist in jail, a Jaume Plensa sculpture goes missing in Montreal, and a family wants its $100-million Monet back — even if it’s fake.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: artist sues Starbucks over “Mini Frappuccino” design, staff at Spanish tourist destination use audio guides to launder money, and the creator of the giant inflatable rubber duck sculptures disowns one of his ducklings.
