British Museum Initiates Legal Proceedings Against Curator Peter Higgs Over Thefts
The British Museum, through its trustees, has initiated legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice King’s Bench Division against Peter Higgs…
27 March 2024
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British Museum Thefts: Parthenon Marbles Must Now Be Returned To Greece
Over the last few days, a new dialogue has opened up in light of the theft of 1200 to 2000 objects by a senior Curator at the British Museum.
22 August 2023
Gang Found Guilty Of £57m Chinese Art Thefts From English Museums
A gang who stole mainly Chinese antiques valued at £57m ($79m) which included Chinese jade and African rhino horn from museums… Read More
1 March 2016
New Law To Crack Down On Public Sculpture Thefts
Labour MP Graham Jones proposes Metal Theft Prevention Bill The Labour MP Graham Jones is to propose a private members… Read More
16 November 2011
Banksy’s Wolf Heist: A Brief History Of His Other Stolen Artworks
A fourth Banksy artwork, unveiled in London today, appears to have been stolen. The work was shared on Instagram on Thursday.
8 August 2024
FBI Probes Sale of Suspected British Museum Artefacts to U.S. Buyers
The FBI is investigating the sale of hundreds of suspected stolen treasures from the British Museum to buyers in the United States.
27 May 2024
British Museum Recovers A Further 268 Stolen Objects From Collection
The British Museum has made public the investigation and return of 268 objects that were either misplaced or pilfered from its collection.
20 May 2024
Bronze Age Gold Stolen From Ely Museum Irreplaceable
Curators were left for words after priceless gold artefacts dating back 3,000 years to the Bronze Age were brazenly stolen from the highly regarded Ely Museum
8 May 2024
Dr Nicholas Cullinan Appointed New Director of Troubled British Museum
Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE has been appointed as the new Director of the British Museum. He will inherit a position marred by staff sackings…
28 March 2024
British Museum To Display Stolen Items Recovered from Collection
Approximately 2000 missing, stolen, or damaged objects from the British Museum’s collection, predominantly classical gems and gold jewellery
2 February 2024
Missing UK Museum Objects: The Latest Story Behind The Vitrine
In recent months, UK Museum collections have come under intense scrutiny, with headlines echoing the ‘alleged’ thefts of up to 2000 objects…
10 January 2024
British Museum Theft: Accountability Crisis Amidst Inside Job Allegations
The British Museum is grappling with an internal crisis due to the loss and damage of approximately 2,000 artefacts, including valuable Roman gems.
13 December 2023
George Osborne Acknowledges Decades Long Inside Job at British Museum
In a shocking revelation, the British Museum, a bastion of cultural heritage, admitted it had fallen prey to a massive “inside job…
18 October 2023
British Museum Launches Website To Recover Internally Stolen Artefacts
Last August, 1,200 to 2,000 valuable objects were reported “missing, stolen or damaged” by officials at the British Museum.
26 September 2023
Shambolic British Museum: Mark Jones named Interim Director
Mark Jones has been named interim director of the British Museum. He will replace Hartwig Fischer who stepped down last week.
3 September 2023
Hartwig Fischer British Museum Director Quits Over Theft Scandal
Hartwig Fischer, the director of the British Museum, has resigned with immediate effect.
26 August 2023
British Museum: Theft Thought To Be An Inside Job By Senior Curator
The British Museum has sacked a senior curator who worked at the British Museum for more than 30 years after priceless jewellery and gems vanished from a locked storage cupboard.
16 August 2023
Stolen Gustav Klimt Portrait Thieves Confess
A stolen multi-million-pound painting discovered hidden in a false wall has been confirmed as an authentic Gustav Klimt original, Italian authorities have confirmed. The canvas was taken nearly 23 years ago.
19 January 2020
Stolen Hans Hofmann Paintings Recovered – Scandalous Inside Job Exposed
Part of a collection of Hans Hofmann paintings stolen in 2004 from a New York City-based fine art storage facility has been recovered. Working with the NYPD and the FBI, Art Recovery International negotiated the release of one of the paintings.
26 December 2017
Invader Mosaics Targeted By Paris Art Thieves Dressed As City Workers
Art thieves disguised as Paris street workers have stolen a number of pixelated tile pieces by the French street artist Invader
7 August 2017
Paris Art Thieves Receive 21 Years Collectively For Hundred Million Heist
The trial of the 2010 ‘Spider-Man’ burglary at the Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris has concluded securing an eight year sentence for 49-year-old Serbian mastermind Vjeran Tomic.
21 February 2017
Picasso Portraits – master of transformations at National Portrait Gallery by Edward Lucie-Smith
The Picasso portrait show now at the National Portrait Gallery and the big Abstract Expressionist exhibition on offer at the Royal Academy are both worth a visit.
25 October 2016
Picasso Portraits – master of transformations at National Portrait Gallery by Edward Lucie-Smith
London is unusually rich in important exhibitions at the moment, and sometimes these events seem to enter into a dialogue… Read More
15 October 2016
Rodin Sculpture Theft: $300,000 Bust Missing From Copenhagen Museum
A sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) valued at $300,000 has been stolen from a Copenhagen Museum (Ny Carlsberg… Read More
20 August 2015
America’s Only Art Cop Gets Conviction – Chagall Thief Gets Four Years
An art thief that tried to sell a number of stolen expressionist masterpieces that including paintings by Marc Chagall and… Read More
16 February 2015
America’s Only Art Cop Recovers £6.3 Million Of Stolen Work
One of the biggest art thefts in Los Angeles history has been solved by the country’s only full-time art detective…. Read More
18 December 2014
Baghdad Archaeological Museum Reopens To The Public
Despite the troubles plaguing Iraq, The Baghdad Archaeological Museum has reopened to the public. The museum which only offered limited… Read More
25 August 2014
Latest Henry Moore Bronze Theft In Scotland Is An Outrage
A bronze sculpture by Henry Moore has been stolen from an open air sculpture park in Shawhead, Dumfries and Galloway… Read More
13 October 2013
Hundreds Of Masterpieces Stolen From Picasso Step Daughter’s Collection
Catherine Hutin-Blay the step-daughter of Pablo Picasso by his second wife Jacqueline has revealed that up to 407 works by… Read More
12 July 2013
Henry Moore Sculpture Removed From Birthplace Civic Centre
A sculpture by Castleford’s best known artist has been removed from its plinth after more than 30 years in situ… Read More
2 September 2012
Hepworth Sculpture Worth £1m Stolen In London
Rising Price of Scrap Metal Fuels Spate of Stolen Modern Masterpieces Last night thieves stole a bronze sculpture by the… Read More
20 December 2011
Stolen Picasso Matisse and Modigliani destroyed In Cover Up
Thieves cut up and crush 100 million worth of modern art Five paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Leger ,Braque and Modigliani… Read More
10 October 2011