Art Crimes
New Digital Project Details 150 Belgian Libraries Looted by the Nazis
During WWII, a special ideological unit stole some 250,000 to 300,000 books for research and propaganda purposes
Virtual Museum of Lost Art Asks Visitors to Help Track Down Missing Masterpieces
A new online exhibition revisits the fate of stolen or vanished paintings by the likes of van Gogh, Monet and Cézanne
A New Museum of West African Art Will Incorporate the Ruins of Benin City
Designed by architect David Adjaye, the museum will reunite looted artifacts currently housed in Western institutions
Authorities Arrest Three Suspects in $1 Billion Dresden Jewel Heist
Investigators linked the November 2019 burglary to an organized crime syndicate
Botched Art Restoration in Spain Renders Smiling Statue Unrecognizable
A disfigured carving in Palencia is the latest in a growing list of bungled conservation attempts by amateurs
Vatican Library Enlists Artificial Intelligence to Protect Its Digitized Treasures
The archive employs A.I. modeled on the human immune system to guard offerings including a rare manuscript of the "Aeneid"
The Heiress Who Stole a Vermeer, Witchcraft in Post-WWII Germany and Other New Books to Read
These five November releases may have been lost in the news cycle
Why a German Museum Is Displaying Fake Paintings From Its Collections
A taboo-breaking exhibition at Cologne's Museum Ludwig spotlights misattributed Russian avant-garde works
A Stolen Mao Zedong Scroll Was Found Cut in Half
Prior to the defacement, the nine-foot-long calligraphy work was valued at an estimated $300 million
Stolen First Editions by Galileo, Newton Discovered Beneath Floor in Romania
Authorities have recovered 200 rare books pilfered in a 2017 London heist
The Infamous Art Basel Banana Is Headed to the Guggenheim
Maurizio Cattelan's 2019 artwork will join the collections of one of the world's preeminent cultural institutions
Treasure Hunters Destroy 2,000-Year-Old Heritage Site in Sudan
Illegal gold diggers dug an enormous trench at Jabal Maragha in the eastern Sahara Desert
Thieves Steal 17th-Century Masterpiece for Third Time in 32 Years
Frans Hals' "Two Laughing Boys with a Mug of Beer" was previously purloined in 1988 and 2011
The Inside Story of the 25-Year, $8 Million Heist From the Carnegie Library
Precious maps, books and artworks vanished from the Pittsburgh archive, and the caper’s final chapter was just written
In Pursuit of the Perfect Photo, Tourist Accidentally Breaks Sculpture's Toes
Authorities have identified the inadvertent vandal as an Austrian man who was in northern Italy on a birthday celebration trip
New Research on the Ghent Altarpiece Validates Restorers' Rendering of the Mystic Lamb's Alarmingly Humanoid Face
The animal's soul-penetrating gaze was painted over by a second set of artists in 1550 and spent the next five centuries under wraps
Police Confiscate Roman Amphorae Found Stashed in Spanish Seafood Shop
The store owner's son allegedly discovered the 13 clay vessels on fishing trips and brought them back as decorations
FBI Raids Northern Michigan Home Linked to Suspected Art Forgery Ring
Paintings formerly attributed to Gertrude Abercrombie, Ralston Crawford and George Ault are now thought to be fakes
Why Scholars Are Skeptical of Claimed Rediscovery of Lost Frida Kahlo Masterpiece
"The Wounded Table," a 1940 work by the Mexican painter, disappeared 65 years ago
Botched Art Restoration Renders Virgin Mary Unrecognizable
The failed makeover—one of several to surface in Spain in recent years—has prompted calls for stricter regulation of the field
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