Hartwig Fischer, the director of the British Museum, has resigned with immediate effect. He ended his tenure at the highly respected institution early after previously stating that he would remain in the position until a suitable replacement was found. The controversy...
The British Museum has sacked a senior curator who worked at the Museum for more than 30 years after priceless jewellery and gems vanished from a locked storage cupboard. Peter John Higgs, 56, was dismissed this summer, pending a police investigation, after several...
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. The painting was returned by the thieves after the statute...
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. The attorney for the...
Art thieves disguised as Paris street workers have stolen a number of pixelated tile pieces by the French street artist Invader. The photo, illustrated was taken on Friday as members of the public challenged the workers. "more than a dozen pieces" from the artist had...
The trial of the 2010 ‘Spider-Man’ Paris art theft at the Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris has concluded securing an eight year sentence for 49-year-old Serbian mastermind Vjeran Tomic. The thief was arrested a year after the robbery. He confessed to the police that he...
London is unusually rich in important exhibitions at the moment, and sometimes these events seem to enter into a dialogue with each other. This is especially the case with the Picasso portrait show now at the National Portrait Gallery and the big Abstract...
London is unusually rich in important exhibitions at the moment, and sometimes these events seem to enter into a dialogue with each other. This is especially the case with the Picasso portrait show now at the National Portrait Gallery and the big Abstract...
A sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) valued at $300,000 has been stolen from a Copenhagen Museum (Ny Carlsberg Glypotek). Two men posing as tourists were spotted on cctv in the area at the time the work of art was taken. It is...