Pål Enger, talented Norwegian soccer player turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch's famed “The Scream”, has died art painting Article 558 words 13 votes
Painting stolen from Chatsworth House forty-five years ago discovered at auction art painting Article 462 words, published May 10 2024 12 votes
What I did when my art got stolen (I got help from lawyers and posted on social media) art Video 1:32:07 17 votes
A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here’s how investigators unraveled the incredible scam. Article 4571 words 6 votes
Businessman involved in fraudulent Alaska Native artwork scheme given longest sentence ever handed down to someone violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act art Article 649 words 12 votes
On this day nineteen years ago, Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' was stolen in broad daylight from an Oslo museum art painting Article 844 words 14 votes
FBI raids Orlando museum and seized all twenty-five works in their Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition after an affidavit called into question their origin and their authenticity art painting Article 1343 words, published Jun 24 2022 5 votes
The statue of the Little Mermaid in the entrance to Copenhagen harbour has been daubed with the words “racist fish” Article 333 words 8 votes
Banksy mural stolen from Bataclan concert hall in Paris found by police in a farmhouse in Italy art.street Article 409 words 5 votes
Police have launched an investigation after art thieves in the Swedish capital stole pieces by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali Article 365 words 4 votes
Unknown vandals scrawled 'Free Hong Kong' in red paint on the base of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen Article 283 words, published May 23 2018 10 votes
Last year, a museum in France dedicated to the work of Étienne Terrus discovered that over half of its collection was fake. Phil Hoad spent nine months investigating how it happened. art painting Article 3642 words, published Jun 15 2019 9 votes
Thieves steal a famous painting from an Italian church — but don't worry, it's fake art.fine painting Article 384 words 7 votes
The Secrets of the World's Greatest Art Thief - Stéphane Breitwieser robbed nearly 200 museums and amassed a collection of treasures worth more than $1.4 billion art Article 4 votes
He helped build an artists’ utopia. Now he faces trial for thirty-six deaths there. Article 8586 words, published Dec 12 2018 10 votes
‘Ivan the Terrible’ painting damaged in Russia in vodka-fueled attack art painting Article 515 words 13 votes
French museum discovers more than half its collection is forged art painting Article 494 words 9 votes