Art Crimes
Authorities Recover 10,000 Artifacts Stolen by International Antiquities Trafficking Ring
The organized crime group had connections across Italy, Britain, Germany, France and Serbia
Art Detective Tracks Down Oscar Wilde's Stolen Friendship Ring
Authorities previously believed the ring, taken from Oxford in 2002, was melted down by an individual unaware of its true significance
Revolutionary War Rifle Stolen 50 Years Ago Recovered at Barn Sale
The long rifle, made by master gunsmith Johann Christian Oerter, will go on view at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia
You Could Own an Amputated Arm From the George III Statue Toppled at Bowling Green
The 18th-century lead fragment was unearthed in a Connecticut resident's garden in 1991
Newly Discovered Treasures Came From the Same Sunken Ship That Carried the Controversial 'Elgin Marbles'
The "Mentor," a vessel owned by the notorious Lord Elgin, sank in 1802 while carrying panels and sculptures looted from the Parthenon
Thieves Return Hand Stolen From Montreal Totem Pole, With an Apology Note
'After we realized what [the artwork] stood for and represented for so many people, we immediately felt sick to our stomach,' the letter reads
Help Find the Owners of More Than 100 Recovered Artworks
Stolen around Los Angeles in 1993, the paintings and antiques were recently recovered by LAPD when some were brought to an auction house
Investigation Identifies Nazi-Looted Art Later Ransacked From Hitler’s Headquarters
Near the end of WWII, Munich civilians plundered food, liquor, furnishings and some 700 works of art, most of which wer stolen property, from the Führerbau
A Literary Vandal Is Ripping Pages Out of Books and Putting Them Back on Shelves
The so-called 'book ripper' has targeted more than 100 volumes at a library and charity bookshop in the English town of Herne Bay
Hundreds of Artifacts Looted From Iraq and Afghanistan to Be Repatriated
The trove, currently stored at the British Museum for safekeeping, includes 4th-century Buddhist sculpture fragments and 154 Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets
Cold War Nuclear Bomb Tests Are Helping Researchers Identify Art Forgeries
Traces of carbon-14 isotopes released by nuclear testing enable scientists to date paintings created post-World War II
17th-Century Bible Stolen From Pittsburgh Library Recovered in the Netherlands
The 404-year-old religious text was one of more than 300 artifacts stolen from Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Library over a two-decade period
'Indiana Jones of the Art World' Finds Picasso Stolen 20 Years Ago From Saudi Billionaire
The painting had been ‘used as collateral, popping up in a drug deal here, four years later in an arms deal there,’ says Arthur Brand
Mobster Who May Be the Last Living Person With Knowledge of Gardner Museum Heist Set to Be Released From Prison
Octogenarian Robert Gentile has long maintained his innocence, but investigators believe otherwise
Americans Flocked to See This Controversial Exhibit of Berlin’s Art Treasures in the Wake of World War II
Discovered in a salt mine in Nazi Germany, these artworks toured the United States in a questionable move that raised serious ethical concerns
The F.B.I. Is Trying to Return Thousands of Stolen Artifacts, Including Native American Burial Remains
Five years after the F.B.I.'s six-day raid on a rural Indiana home, the agency is turning to the public for help identifying and repatriating the artifacts
There Is a Market for Artworks by Hitler. Many of Them Are Fakes
More than 60 works suspected to be forgeries attributed to the Führer have been seized from a German auction house
Possible Michelangelo Painting Disappears From a Belgian Church Days Before Authentication
Pastor Jan Van Raemdonck had observed similarities between the canvas and a 1538 sketch by the Old Master
Very Naughty Kitty Slashed 17th-Century Portrait
Apparently Padme is not a fan of Baroque artist John Michael Wright
Explore Vermeer’s Surviving Paintings, Together After All This Time, in One Virtual Exhibition
The augmented reality “Meet Vermeer” experience details the Dutch Old Master’s artistic style, life and enduring legacy
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