Authorities Recover Three Moundville Artifacts Stolen in Devastating 1980 Heist
Nearly four decades, ago, the theft claimed 264 Native American items dating back 800 years from the Erskine Ramsey Archaeological Repository
See L.A.’s Strangest Sculpture Shine Bright Once Again
Built in the 1970s, the Triforium was designed to sync light and music but the costly venture was ahead of its time
British Army Revives Monuments Men to Salvage Art in War-Torn Countries
The 15-person squad, formed to combat loss of cultural heritage in the Middle East, will specialize in art crime, engineering and archaeology
Watch This $1.4 Million Banksy Painting Shred Itself As Soon As It’s Sold
The street artist hid a built-in shredder in the frame of the artwork when he created it in 2006
Caravaggio May Have Died of Infected Sword Wound, Not Syphilis
The Italian Old Master had a notoriously mercurial temperament and was forced to flee Rome in 1606 after killing his rival in a duel
Cornelius Wasn’t the Only Gurlitt Sibling to Inherit Nazi-Looted Art
Nicoline Benita Renate Gurlitt received 18 works from her father’s trove of stolen art, and four of these works were just returned to their rightful owners
63 Works By Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele Are at the Center of the Latest Nazi-Looted Art Dispute
The German Lost Art Foundation removed the artworks from its database, suggesting they were saved by a collector’s relatives rather than seized by Nazis
Crime-Fighting Art Expert Helps Bring Stolen Buddha Statue Back to India
The statue comes home 57 years ago after being stolen
Did This Couple Steal a $160 Million de Kooning?
The Thanksgiving snapshot places Jerry and Rita Alter in Tucson, Arizona, just a day before the 1985 heist
Restorationist Botches 16th-Century Spanish Statue of Saint
Reports indicate a local priest hired an art teacher to restore the polychromatic wooden statue, with cartoonish results
Stolen Christopher Columbus Letter Returned to Vatican, But Mystery Persists
The letter, which had been printed in 1493, was replaced with a convincing fake—and investigators still don’t know who committed the crime
How the Brits Refuted Nazi Germany’s ‘Degenerate Art’ Exhibition
The 1938 show celebrated works by German Expressionists, defended artists on world stage
New Clues Emerge in Search for Stolen Caravaggio
The nativity scene taken from Sicilian chapel in 1969 may have ended up in Switzerland
Man Attacks Ivan the Terrible Painting, Blames Vodka
The painting has been a focal point of recent debate around the notorious tsar’s image
The Lost Maidens of Berlin
A decades-long quest for one of the most intriguing artworks looted by the Nazis leads to the courtyard of a posh hotel in the German countryside
New Court at the Hague Will Deal Exclusively with Art Disputes
Cases brought before the Court of Arbitration for Art will be decided by specialist art lawyers
Digital Forensics Reconstructs Seven Lost Masterpieces
Artwork by Van Gogh, Klimt, Monet and more have been painstakingly remade by Factum Arte for a new television series
Ancient Statue Destroyed by ISIS Resurrected in London—With a Twist
Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz has created a reproduction of the statue using 10,500 date syrup cans
Artifacts Stolen in Massive Archaeological Theft Recovered in Canterbury
Police have recovered most of the 2,000 coins, bones, beads and other items lifted from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust in January
Investigators Crack Down on Fraudulent Native American Jewelry
In April, Albuquerque jewelry dealer Nael Ali is set to be sentenced under the 1935 Indian Arts and Crafts Act
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