Art Crimes
How U.S. and German Art Experts Are Teaming Up to Solve Nazi-Era Mysteries
Specialists in WWII art loss and restitution discuss provenance research
Stolen Degas Found in Luggage Compartment of French Bus
No one claimed the suitcase containing "Les Choristes" stolen from a Marseille Museum in 2009
‘Lost’ Klimt Drawing Found in Cupboard of Museum Personal Assistant
The recovered work is now on view at Austria's Lentos Museum in a show marking the centenary of the deaths of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Koloman Moser
What to Know About 5Pointz Graffiti Collective's Big Win at Court
A federal judged ruled Monday on the whitewashing of the internationally known graffiti site by a New York developer
The Louvre Puts Nazi-Looted Art in Public Eye in Effort to Find Rightful Heirs
The museum hopes the initiative will help connect the works to their legitimate owners. But critics say the move is too little, too late
Indian Jewels Swiped From Venice Museum in “Movie-Worthy" Heist
The thieves reportedly deactivated the alarm system and walked off with the goods in broad daylight
Speak Now: Reward for Biggest Art Heist in History Gets Cut in Half on New Year's
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum hoped the $10 million reward would shake loose new clues in the 27-year-old crime
After Heavy Criticism, German City's Exhibition on Jewish Art Dealer Is Back On
Officials said the previously cancelled show will be put on view in a “more complete and revised form” at a later date
Manhattan DA Launches First Antiquities Trafficking Unit
The unit will investigate the uptick in looted artifacts flooding the antiquities market
Most Antiquities Sold Online Are Fake or Illegal
Social media and ISIS have combined to flood the web with thousands of questionable artifacts
The Public Can Finally See Works From the Infamous Nazi-Looted Art Trove
Two exhibitions are exploring the treasures and context behind the cache of "degenerate" art uncovered in a Munich apartment in 2012
Roman Mosaic, Long Used as a Coffee Table, Returned To Italy
The mosaic hails from a “pleasure ship” built by the notorious emperor Caligula
Home Is Where the Corpse Is—at Least in These Dollhouse Crime Scenes
Frances Glessner Lee's "Nutshell Studies" exemplify the intersection of forensic science and craft
European Summit to Discuss the Return of Looted West African Art
Treasures taken by a British invasion in 1897 could return to Nigeria as a permanent exhibition
PSA: Do Not Place Your Child in an 800-Year-Old Coffin
A sarcophagus on display at the Prittlewell Priory Museum in England was damaged when visitors did just that
The Mysterious Motives Behind the Theft of ‘The Scream’
Two versions of ‘The Scream’ have been stolen and recovered in Norway
Legal Fight Over Nazi-Looted Painting Ends After 26 Years
The heirs to the Paul Klee masterpiece, which was seized 80 years ago as "degenerate art," have finally reached a settlement with the city of Munich
New Website Tracks Paintings Provenance from Brush to Gallery Wall
<i>Mapping Paintings</i> makes it easier to figure out an artwork’s chain of ownership
Professor Helps Bust Italian Art Theft Ring
The professor noticed that a rare manuscript had been stamped with the seal of the Royal Library of Turin, leading him to believe that it had been stolen
Why It’s So Hard to Find the Original Owners of Nazi-Looted Art
International experts recently gathered at Smithsonian to discuss the state of international provenance research
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