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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 weeks agoMember of museum theft ring that stole works by Warhol and Pollock sentenced to two years in prison
Joseph Atsus, a member of an eight-person Pennsylvania art-theft ring, was sentenced to 48 months and ordered to pay over $1 million restitution.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoDorothy Parker fwowed up' in a 1928 review of which children's classic? The Saturday quiz
Fifteen quiz clues identify cultural, historical and linguistic answers including Gone With the Wind, Harris tweed, Andean condor, Prater, northern soul, and European nobility directory.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month agoParis exhibition presents exceptional jewels-but Louvre heist treasures missing from line up
A major exhibition in Paris displays over 130 historic jewels (1800–1920), highlighting political prestige, romantic gifting, and recent high-profile thefts.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month agoThe Rembrandt robber: five takeaways from an insider's book on a notorious art thief
Myles Connor stole a Rembrandt in 1975 not to sell but to temporarily borrow it, illustrating varied motives and security vulnerabilities in museums.
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fromARTnews.com
2 months agoAfter Museum Heist, Syrian Cultural Authorities Face Scrutiny Over Lack of Transparency
Six Roman-era statues and gold ingots were reported stolen from the Damascus National Museum; an official post listing items was briefly published then deleted, raising transparency concerns.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months agoSyrian officials issue-then delete-statement identifying ancient Roman statues stolen from Damascus National Museum
Six Roman marble statues were reported stolen from the Damascus National Museum; official disclosure was brief and then deleted, raising security and motive concerns.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months agoNetherlands will return stolen ancient statue-featured at Tefaf art fair in 2022-to Egypt
A 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian statue stolen and illegally exported will be returned to Egypt after being identified at the Tefaf Maastricht art fair.
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3 months agoMassive Art Heist Hits Oakland Museum of California, More Than 1,000 Items Stolen
One of the biggest California art thefts in years went down at a warehouse for the Oakland Museum of California, and now the FBI is involved, as thieves pilfered more than 1,000 artifacts and works of art in a 3:30 am heist this month. The fine art world was shocked on the morning of Sunday, October 19, when art thieves pulled off a heist at the Louvre, and rather brazenly did so in broad daylight when the museum was open.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoThe heist of the decade - podcast
It took less than 10 minutes. At 9.30am on Sunday, four men arrived in a truck outside the Louvre in Paris, driving right up under a balcony and setting up a ladder with a furniture hoist. Two of them casually climbed up to the balcony and cut through the reinforced glass of a window; on the other side of the glass was the Apollo gallery, the most ornate and arguably the most beautiful room in the museum, Helen Pidd hears.
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fromSFGATE
3 months agoMystery in Bay Area park after cherished landmark disappears
Momotaro, named for the popular Japanese folklore hero who is also often translated as "Peach Boy," was a gift from San Jose's oldest sister city, Okayama, Japan. The relationship between the cities was established in 1957, and the replica of the bronze statue that guards Okayama Station has stood in Guadalupe River Park near the Center for the Performing Arts since 1993. The statue depicts the boy and his dog, monkey and pheasant companions who go on a quest to defeat a band of ogres,
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