Archive for June, 2011
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
boston.comhttp://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/26/bulger_may_yield_clues_to_gardner_museum_art_heist/?page=full
Bulger may yield clues to Gardner Museum art heist
The capture last week of Boston’s most sought-after criminal has given rise to speculation about the potential return of the city’s most sought-after art objects: the 13 pieces of artwork stolen from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.
The US Justice Department ...
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Sunday, June 26th, 2011
bbc.co.ukhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13917740
BBC News - Israeli couple held over Auschwitz artefacts theft
25 June 2011 Last updated at 22:11 GMT
More than a million people were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz during World War II
An Israeli couple have been given suspended jail sentences in Poland for the theft of artefacts from the Nazi ...
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Sunday, June 26th, 2011
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Sunday, June 26th, 2011
ekathimerini.comhttp://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite4_24122_24/06/2011_395882
Illicit antiquities trade continues to thrive in Greece
Illicit antiquities trade continues to thrive in Greece
Short-staffed archaeological sites are easy targetsThe majority of visitors to state museums in Greece find the experience disappointing. There are various reasons for this, including closed halls due to staff shortages -- a factor which ...
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Sunday, June 26th, 2011
El Guggenheim recupera una pieza robada horas antes por un turista alemán. diariovasco.com
K. D. | BILBAO.
El Museo Guggenheim había cerrado sus puertas y la vigilante de sala cumplía con la rutina de revisar la galería 103, dedicada a la exposición temporal 'El Intervalo luminoso'. Uno tras otro, fue revisando ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
nytimes.comhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/us/23bulger.html?_r=2&hp
Whitey Bulger Is Arrested in California
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and IAN LOVETT
LOS ANGELES — James (Whitey) Bulger, a legendary Boston crime boss indicted in 19 murders and who is on the F.B.I.’s 10 Most Wanted list, was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday night in Santa Monica, ending an international manhunt that ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Saving Antiquities for Everyone-Looted memorial statues returned to Kenyan family
M. Udvardy
Ancestral memorial statues (vigango) erected by the Mijikenda peoples of Kenya are frequently stolen and sold to international art dealers. During the summer of 2007, the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) returned two vigango, which had been in the ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
ferrel_illicit_trade_antiquities_hezbollah_connections.htm
Hope this message receives you well. Allow me to introduce myself: Arthur Brand: I am a Dutch researcher investigating the illicit art trade in collaboration with worldwide police-forces.
Several years ago Mr. James E. Ferrell, CEO of FERRELLGAS, a keyplayer and omnivorous looted antiquities collector came on my radar.
Proof of Mr. ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
tom-flynn.blogspot.comhttp://tom-flynn.blogspot.com/2011/06/wildenstein-era-will-crumble-and-art.html
The Wildenstein era will end, and the art market will benefit
At last the BBC has made decent programme about the art market. However, the conclusions reached on 'Fake or Fortune' confirm what most of us already knew — that when exposed to a raking light, the art market is ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
badische-zeitung.dehttp://www.badische-zeitung.de/offenburg/nashornhornklau-auch-in-offenburg--46616734.html
Offenburg: Tierfrevel: Nashornhornklau auch in Offenburg
22. Juni 2011 11:43 Uhr
Tierfrevel
Diebe suchen gezielt Museen heim, um Nashorn-Ausstellungsstücke zu stehlen. Auch dem Ritterhausmuseum in Offenburg kam eines abhanden.
Die Nashörner sind vom Aussterben bedroht, weil für ihre Hörner, die in der ostasiatischen Medizin als Heilmittel gelten, auf dem Schwarzmarkt ein Vermögen bezahlt ...
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Protect Sculptors From Piracy
source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201106210634.html
June 22, 2011
Tony Monda
20 June 2011
opinion
Whilst there has been much talk about pirated videos, CDs, DVDs and musical recordings locally, the same cannot be said about the visual arts.
This article is written in response to various complaints from Zimbabwean sculptors about their stone ...
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Sunday, June 19th, 2011
smithsonianmag.comhttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Stolen-How-the-Mona-Lisa-Became-the-Worlds-Most-Famous-Painting.html?c=y&story=fullstory#
Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became the World’s Most Famous Painting | Arts & Culture
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It was a quiet, humid Monday morning in Paris, 21 August 1911. Three men were hurrying out of the Louvre. It was odd, since the museum was closed to visitors on Mondays, and odder ...
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Sunday, June 19th, 2011
newswales.co.ukhttp://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Community&F=1&id=21536
News Wales > Community > Model trains stolen from Betws y Coed museum
Railway memorabilia worth thousands of pounds was stolen during a burglary at the Conway Valley Railway Museum in Betws y Coed between 5pm on Wednesday and 10am on Thursday.
An offender or offenders gained entry into the museum at ...
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Sunday, June 19th, 2011
wwaytv3.comhttp://www.wwaytv3.com/2011/06/17/southport-police-search-museum-thieves-caught-video
Southport Police in search of museum thieves caught on video | WWAY NewsChannel 3
Submitted by Marissa Jasek on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 6:46pm.READ MORE: Southport Police in search of museum thieves caught on video
SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) -- The NC Maritime Museum in Southport was robbed and the thieves are caught on video. ...
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Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Mali, now at Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France.
There is no doubt that the current exhibition at the Musée du Quai Branly, entitled, “Dogon” is the most comprehensive and definitely one of the best exhibitions on the well-known culture of the Dogon, Mali. The exhibits are all so impressive that one ...
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Sunday, June 19th, 2011
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Saturday, June 18th, 2011
‘Indiana Jones in reverse’ wins archaeology ‘Oscar’ - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/06/18/indiana-jones-in-reverse-wins-archaeology-oscar-91466-28898055/
June 18, 2011
VALUABLE archaeological sites are being “decimated” to service a full-scale industry in selling human history, according to the man dubbed “Indiana Jones in reverse”.
Swansea University archaeologist Dr David Gill said many fortune hunters are abandoning ...
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
Tekening Ensor gestolen uit gemeentemuseum Den Haag - KUNST - PAROOL
http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/22/KUNST/article/detail/2445676/2011/06/16/Tekening-Ensor-gestolen-uit-gemeentemuseum-Den-Haag.dhtml
June 17, 2011
16-06-11 11:02 uur
Een tekening van James Ensor is afgelopen week gestolen uit het Gemeentemuseum in Den Haag. Het museum had het werk in bruikleen gekregen van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (KMSK) in Antwerpen. Dat meldt ...
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
Historic Coins Stolen From St. Louis Museum - KTVI
http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-historic-coins-stolen-from-st-louis-museum-20110615,0,1663741.story
June 17, 2011
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI - FOX2now.com)—
A crime with historical significance has police looking for suspects and artifacts. Investigators say someone stole six Civil War era silver and gold coins from the St. Louis Transportation Museum over the weekend--- one of ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Picassos Electrician Indicted for Harboring Allegedly Stolen Cache of the Masters Art - ARTINFO.com
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37876/picassos-electrician-indicted-for-harboring-allegedly-stolen-cache-of-the-masters-art/
June 15, 2011
Pierre
and
Danielle Le Guennec
, the elderly French couple who last year attracted international attention when they produced a cache of 271 previously unknown
Picasso
works that they kept in their garage for almost 40 years, have now been ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
The Hindu : News / National : Gandhijis iconic spectacles missing
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2102017.ece
June 15, 2011
Mahatma Gandhi's iconic round pair of spectacles have gone missing from Sevagram Ashram in Wardha district of Maharashtra.
Ashram inmates on Monday noticed that the specs were not found along with the other belongings of the Father of the ...
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Couple Charged with Stealing 271 Picasso Paintings | Gather
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979438672
June 14, 2011
A French couple, aged 71, has been charged with stealing 271 Picasso paintings. The paintings were found in the couple's garage and were only found because the couple actually contacted the Picasso estate to get the painting evaluated ...
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The $7 Million Fake: Forgery Scandal Embarrasses International Art World - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,768195,00.html
June 14, 2011
By Sven Röbel and Michael Sontheimer
More details are emerging about what is thought to be Germany's biggest postwar art forgery scandal. The affair casts an unflattering light on a leading German art historian ...
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Monday, June 13th, 2011
Horns stolen from stuffed rhinos at five museums - The Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_18244036
June 13, 2011
BERLIN — Thieves have wrenched the horns off stuffed rhinoceroses in at least five European museums in the past few days, apparently with an eye to grinding up the horns to make an Asian potency remedy.
Police ...
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Friday, June 10th, 2011
Two brothers plead guilty to museum thefts - The Daily News Online: News
http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/article_726c08a0-9051-11e0-a23d-001cc4c03286.html
June 10, 2011
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 12:37 am, Tue Jun 7, 2011.
WARSAW — Two brothers have pleaded guilty to stealing historical artifacts from museums in Castile and Warsaw.
Roy and Michael Ortiz pleaded guilty to third-degree ...
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Thursday, June 9th, 2011
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Forged Painting Was Once in Collection of Steve Martin, German Police Say - NYTimes.com
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/forged-painting-was-once-in-collection-of-steve-martin-german-police-say/
June 1, 2011
May 31, 2011, 11:24 am
By DAVE ITZKOFF
In addition to his talents for creating comedy, writing books and playing the banjo,Steve Martin possesses an eye for art. But he apparently did not detect a forged painting that ...
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