Stolen $250,000 work returns to owner after heistThis has been a monumental year for art thefts with a crime-wave of stolen Picasso's, Legers and Rembrandts highlighting the problem facing museums and galleries internationally. US police announced today that...
The worrying trend of Thieves who steal masterpieces to melt down for scrapTwo large scaled bronze statues sculpted by the internationally renowned Quebec artist Jean-Paul Riopelle valued at over $1 million, were recovered in woodlands near Montreal on Tuesday...
Untold Stories of Notorious Art HeistsAlthough movies makes stealing art look sophisticated, Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg prove time and again that art thievery generally involves low brow crooks looking to make a quick buck. They aren't interested in the...
One of the highest profile art thefts in the history of crime could be on the verge of a breakthrough, or so says the Boston Globe in an article today. The case refers to the theft of 13 pieces of artwork stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston over...
Four stolen statues including two taken from the Cairo's Museum have been recovered by police. These were all looted when rioting broke out during the Tahrir Square protests in Cairo. The looters smashed vitrines,damaging statues and mummies.The robbery took place ...
A Cairo court has jailed up to eleven local Government officials, including Mohsen Shaalan the head of the culture ministry's fine arts department over the theft of a priceless Van Gogh painting worth at least $50m (£32m). It was stolen from a Cairo museum last...