Crime The Vandal Who Desecrated a Chinese Terracotta Warrior Vows to Sell His Sneaker Collection to Pay Restitution Michael Rohana will be back in court next month to determine how much he must pay in restitution. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 8, 2023
Crime The Manhattan D.A. Seized a $20 Million Statue of Marcus Aurelius From the Cleveland Museum of Art, Continuing a Spree of Raids Seeking Looted Turkish Art The D.A. is looking to return Turkey's stolen Bubon bronzes, and has also seized a sculpture from Fordham University's antiquities museum. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 1, 2023
Crime U.K. Authorities Are Ready to Charge Seven Suspects Over the 2019 Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet Sculpture The artwork was literally ripped out of the plumbing during an exhibition at Blenheim Palace in the U.K. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 29, 2023
Crime How We Should Look at Donald Trump’s Historic Mug Shot, the First Ever Taken of a U.S. President Photo history shows that mug shots aren't just legal documents. They are designed to circulate as media spectacle. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 25, 2023
Crime Three London Men Have Been Convicted of Stealing a $2.5 Million Ming Dynasty Vase From a Swiss Museum in 2019 The vase was recovered in a sting operation two years later when officers posed as buyers offering £450,000. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 23, 2023
Crime The Employee Who Allegedly Stole Artifacts From the British Museum Has Been Identified as a Senior Curator of Greek and Roman Art Peter John Higgs is suspected of pocketing the objects and selling them on eBay over the course of years. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 18, 2023
Crime The British Museum Has Fired an Employee After Discovering Valuable Objects Missing From Its Collection The museum has launched an investigation to recover the jewelry, semi-precious stones, and other objects. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 16, 2023
Crime A Connecticut Man Has Pleaded Guilty to Forging and Selling 145 Fake Peter Max Paintings The man allegedly bought Max prints then added paint and the artist’s signature to make them look like originals. By Artnet News, Aug 10, 2023
Crime An Art Installation of More Than 100 Wagner Figurines Outside a German Theater Has Mysteriously Disappeared "The work has now completely dissolved," said Ottmar Hörl, the artist behind the project. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 10, 2023
Crime Police Have Arrested a Man Following a Stabbing Incident Outside the British Museum A man has been rushed to hospital and the museum has been evacuated as police say they may remain at the scene for most of today. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 8, 2023
Crime A Former Cashier at the Beyeler Foundation Must Pay Back More Than $1 Million for Embezzlement Scheme The woman embezzled money for 11 years. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 8, 2023
Crime A Museum Cashier at Fondation Beyeler Is Being Charged With Embezzling More Than $1 Million The suspect had been spending lavishly on expensive clothes, travel, and cars. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 3, 2023
Crime An Autistic Woman Has Filed a Lawsuit Claiming MoMA Trustee Leon Black Raped Her at Jeffrey Epstein’s Mansion When She Was 16 This is the third lawsuit in the past three years confronting the embattled billionaire with similar allegations. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 1, 2023
Crime Three Ancient Roman Coins That Were Part of a Hoard Found in the U.K. Were Mysteriously Swapped With Other, More Valuable Coins The three coins were found missing during an inquest into the original find. By Adam Schrader, Jul 31, 2023
Crime Thieves Have Been Stealing the Weird Props From the Vermont Set of ‘Beetlejuice 2,’ Including a 150-Pound ‘Abstract Art Statue’ A lamppost with a pumpkin decoration has also gone missing from the set. By Adam Schrader, Jul 24, 2023
