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Protected: Former FBI agent shares stories of art theft, recovery
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Protected: Picasso is the most stolen artist in the world with more than 1,000 of his pieces of work missing
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Theft during transport – Koloman Moser masterpiece disappeared en route to UK
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011http://austrianindependent.com/news/General_News/2011-01-04/5833/Koloman_Moser_masterpiece_disappeared_en_route_to_UK A painting bought in an auction in Vienna for more than 100,000 Euros was stolen during transport to the United Kingdom, it has been reported. Viennese newspaper Heute reports today (Tues) that a self portrait by late Austrian artist Koloman Moser has been reported as missing. The painting was purchased by a London-based ...
A Mysterious Picasso Trove Gains More Accusations but Less Clarity
Sunday, December 26th, 2010PARIS — At least this much is clear: the art — 271 previously unknown sketches, watercolors and collages — is indeed the work of Picasso. But despite several weeks of accusations, counterclaims and deepening investigations, the mystery at the core of the case of Picasso and the electrician seems no closer to being ...
Art Theft Trends: Porcelain a Hot Commodity
Monday, June 7th, 2010Art Theft Trends: Porcelain a Hot Commodity According to a recent article in The Art Newspaper, "England’s stately homes are being targeted by organised gangs who are stealing important porcelain pieces, with at least 21 major cases in the past three years." Additionally, since 2007, there have been 15 attempted robberies. ...
Art Theft: Musee d’art Moderne de la ville de Paris
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010In March 1990, the Gardner Museum was inadvertently exposed by a night guard, who failed to follow museum security procedure when he opened the museum's door for two policemen without first confirming that police headquarters had sent the officers. In this case, a procedural error in museum security resulted in ...
UK’s Efforts to Educate Collectors and Reduce Art Theft
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010UK's Efforts to Educate Collectors and Reduce Art Theft For the past few weeks, I have been engaged in a work placement at the Museums, Libraries, and Archives's prestigious Acquisitions, Export, and Loans Unit... *Originally posted at Art Theft Central
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Man jailed over £1.7m Lowry raid
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Man jailed over £1.7m Lowry raid Published: 2009/03/17 A man convicted of an "audacious and well-planned" raid to steal LS Lowry artworks valued at £1.7m has been given an indefinite jail sentence. Casey Miller, 23, of Denton, Greater Manchester, was found guilty of robbery after posing as a postman to get into ...
Ransoms and Stolen Art
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:44 AM PST Url original report plus all links: http://arttheftcentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/ransoms-and-stolen-art.html On Friday, the Telegraph ran an article reporting on Lord Myners' role in the ransom payments made in 1999 and 2002 for two Turner masterpieces stolen from the Tate. Currently, Myners is embroiled in another controversy over a former ...
Australia: Valuable Tom Roberts painting stolen
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Stolen: Tom Roberts' painting of Andrew Garran. (Supplied): ACT Police are searching for a valuable Tom Roberts painting which has been stolen from an apartment in Narrabundah, south Canberra. The theft of the 19th century oil painting of former journalist and New South Wales politician Andrew Garran was reported to police last ...
HBJ Gateley Wareing duo caught up in art heist trial (about Leonardo's Madonna of the Yarnwinder)
Friday, October 24th, 2008HBJ Gateley Wareing duo caught up in art heist trial Oct 22 2008 By Tom Scotney It was one of the most audacious capers of recent times. Two men walked into Drumlanrig Castle, Scotland, overpowered a security guard and grabbed one of the world’s most valuable paintings from the wall. As sirens sounded ...
Man denies £1m Lowry arts theft
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008A man has denied stealing Lowry paintings worth more than £1m from the home of a collector. Casey Miller, 23, of Constable Walk, Denton, Manchester, pleaded not guilty to robbery when he appeared at Manchester Crown Court. Five artworks were allegedly taken, together with Lowry's palette and brushes, from the home of ...
STATUE BOTERO RUBATE (La notte fra il 19 e il 20 ottobre scorso 2007): ARTISTA RINGRAZIA PER RITROVAMENTO
Monday, July 28th, 2008* IS AFRICA CLOSER TO OCEANIA THAN TO EUROPE? VISIT TO AN EXHIBITION ON AFRICAN AND OCEANIAN ARTS. Kwame Opoku http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/073dbf7f90f3c3db?hl=en * Recuperati dai carabinieri circa 200 quadri di provenienza furtiva, 49enne tedesco denunciato http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/8290f02c0bd46244?hl=en * STATUE BOTERO RUBATE (La notte fra il 19 e il 20 ottobre scorso 2007): ARTISTA RINGRAZIA PER RITROVAMENTO http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/8bc9171b94971c0f?hl=en * ...
Nach dem Kunst-Raub aus einer Düsseldorfer Privatbank am vergangenen Wochenende hat die Bank eine Belohnung ausgesetzt
Monday, July 14th, 200850.000 Euro Belohnung nach Kunstdiebstahl Nach dem Kunst-Raub aus einer Düsseldorfer Privatbank am vergangenen Wochenende hat die Bank eine Belohnung ausgesetzt. Am vergangenen Wochenende haben Unbekannte acht Gemälde und eine Vase aus einer Düsseldorfer Privatbank geklaut (EXPRESS berichtete) . Für die Wiederbeschaffung der Werke sowie die Ergreifung der Täter hat die Bank jetzt ...
French Art Network is employing active RFID tags to track its art inventory in near-real time
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008The French Art Network is employing active RFID tags to track its art inventory in near-real time, while also deterring internal theft.
The Art Thief is a lexicon of literary incompetence. A jumbled pastiche of lecture notes and undigested factoids, it was rapidly executed, as indeed the author Noah Charney should be.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008BIG-TIME art crime is always fun, whether fact or fiction. It has its own genre, small but perfectly deformed. So I thought I'd love this book, but it's the worst I've reviewed in 30 years. A jumbled pastiche of lecture notes and undigested factoids, it was rapidly executed, as indeed ...
Thefts of prized artwork from museums are rare (When artwork is stolen from a museum, Magness-Gardiner added, 80 percent of the cases involve an inside actor, such as a staff member, docent or patron, and the art is commonly snatched from a storeroom.)
Sunday, June 29th, 2008* Thefts of prized artwork from museums are rare (When artwork is stolen from a museum, Magness-Gardiner added, 80 percent of the cases involve an inside actor, such as a staff member, docent or patron, and the art is commonly snatched from a storeroom.) http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/a0a79a5d7d36c529?hl=en * Vasarely's daughter-in-law surrenders passport in art ...
Art fairs have become a target for thieves (Art+Auction)
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008* Art fairs have become a target for thieves (Art+Auction) http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/ed532205826e6f53?hl=en * Federal agents seized about 1,700 artifacts from Miles Simpson's collection of American Indian antiquities. More than three years later, the Bend man is working to get it all back - and he insists he did nothing wrong http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/5464c71ca68f1719?hl=en * US. 2 women ...
Im Frühjahr 2008 wurde der gesamte bildnerische Nachlass von Peter Weiss aus einem Depot in Stockholm gestohlen
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Wo kann er sein? Ein Gespräch mit Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, der Witwe des Schriftstellers. Von Manfred Papst Ein milder, sonniger Nachmittag im obersten Geschoss eines Bürgerhauses im Stockholmer Stadtteil Södermalm. Hohe Räume, Stuckdecken, Stilmöbel. Bücher und Bilder, wohin man blickt. Hier wohnt Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, die Witwe des deutschen Schriftstellers Peter Weiss (1916–1982), der ...
Public art inspires even vandals, tramps and thieves
Sunday, June 8th, 2008* Public art inspires even vandals, tramps and thieves http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/f8080013d1a6a55b?hl=en * Insider theft: A federal judge Thursday sentenced a former Yakama Nation Museum curator and her daughter to nine and six months, respectively, in prison for stealing artifacts from the museum. http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/cacd9e763952dc3e?hl=en * Mexico. Roban antiguo óleo de templo http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/132189332d9a8b7b?hl=en * Association of Art Museum Directors ...
Iraq issues cards of stolen artifacts and passes them to Interpol
Friday, June 6th, 2008* Huge comic book collection stolen from Bellevue home http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/0687c2efc16ea881?hl=en * Bill Reid heist. Report: Museum guards fell for ruse http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/ab3d0692cb749b5f?hl=en * Break-in and loss of Bill Reid works hasn't disqualified institution from prestigious Canadian Heritage designation, department says... http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/1a8e5eb3fbed0a64?hl=en * book review. Losing our marbles? http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/66a37380b7451378?hl=en * Iraq issues cards of stolen artifacts and passes them to Interpol http://groups.google.com/group/museum-security-network/browse_thread/thread/f7de44ed099e5703?hl=en * ...
AXA Art Insurance Offers $25,000 Reward for Missing Picasso Artworks
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Jacqueline Lisant and Le Repas Frugel Burglarized Palm Beach Police closely monitoring the investigation Images: http://snipurl.com/2aw0d New York, NY - May 27, 2007 - AXA Art Insurance announced a $25,000 reward for credible information leading to the location, recovery and return of two Picasso prints and conviction of the responsible parties. "Jacqueline Lisant" and "Le ...
Les vols d'œuvres sont fréquents. Le site " Art Theft " (www.saztv.com) en répertorie une dizaine pour la seule année 2007, et précise que seules trois de ces œuvres ont été retrouvées. Les tableaux disparaissent parfois longtemps.
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Danger "artnapping" ! Pauvre Van Gogh ! Après avoir été interné à l'asile de Saint-Rémy-de- Provence, le voici dans celui de Zurich, en Suisse. C'est en effet sur le parking de la clinique psychiatrique du Burghölzli qu'a été retrouvé le 19 février le tableau qui lui est attribué, Branches de marronnier ...
