Art Crimes
Gardner Museum Offers $10 Million for Information About 1990 Heist
The museum believes that somebody, somewhere can shed light on the whereabouts of 13 missing masterpieces
Can Giving Paintings Their Own DNA Stop Art Forgery?
Science is leading the charge against copycats
Ornate Tiara, Once Worn by a Grand Duchess, Stolen From German Museum
The headpiece is adorned with 367 diamonds and has been valued at $1.31 million
Germany Will Research Stasi Art Seizures
The Nazis weren’t the only group that looted German treasures
World’s Largest Gold Coin Stolen From Berlin Museum
Thieves appear to have snuck through a window before making off with the almost 221-pound coin
Vandals Deface Rock Art In Chad's Ennedi World Heritage Site
Names were written in French and Arabic on some of the area's rock art, which can date back as far as 8,000 years
Man Charged After Slashing Gainsborough Painting at the National Gallery
Fortunately, preliminary reports suggest that "The Morning Walk" can be repaired
Two New Exhibitions Celebrate a Long-Lost Painting
The "Tower of the Blue Horses" is gone, but not forgotten
Co-Defendant in €100 Million Art Heist Claims He Threw Five Masterpieces in the Trash
But investigators are skeptical
Police Recover More Than 3,500 Stolen Artifacts in Europe
Operation Pandora involved 18 nations and pan-European police agencies to recover paintings, coins and artifiacts
Poland Gets a da Vinci at a Big Discount
The world famous Princes Czartoryski Foundation was recently acquired by the Polish government for a fraction of its value
Reclaiming Nazi-Looted Art Is About to Get Easier
HEAR Act removes legal loopholes that prevented victims of Nazi art plunder to restore what’s rightfully theirs
One of Rome’s Most Famous Sculptures Has Been Vandalized
Bernini’s “Elephant and Obelisk” is missing part of its tusk
Stolen van Gogh Paintings Recovered After 14 Years
Italian police found the two paintings stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam while investigating organized crime in Naples
Colombian Statue Heads Home After 80 Years
The slab figure disappeared from Colombia's National Musuem in 1939
Has the Incredible Accuracy of Art Reproduction Ruined the Way We Experience Masterpieces?
Precise digital replicas allow more people to own and view great works of art, minus their soul
Germany Is Reworking the Commission That Handles Restitution for Nazi-Looted Art
A lackluster track record and controversial comments led to a shift
The First Armed Art Heist in History Is Being Made Into a Movie
But <i>Ocean’s 11</i>, this isn’t
Vandals Destroyed 8,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Artworks in Tasmania
The priceless rock art is damaged beyond repair
Egyptian Museum Employees Face Fines for Botched Repair on King Tut's Mask
An accident knocked the beard off the boy king's distinctive mask, prompting a hasty repair
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