Crime Was History’s Worst Case of Dinosaur Vandalism a Museum-on-Museum Crime? A New Study Suggests It Could Be The 1871 crime saw models of dinosaurs, which were destined for a Paleozoic Museum in Central Park, smashed to bits. By Brian Boucher, Jun 6, 2023
Crime Germany Has Returned a 16th-Century Venetian Jewelry Box, Ancient Ceramics, and Other Stolen Artifacts to Italy Some of the precious artifacts were stolen in recent years from Italian museums. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 6, 2023
Crime Italian Police Recover a Long-Lost Roman Marble Head Nearly 50 Years After Its Theft The precious antiquity was traced to a private collection in Switzerland. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 1, 2023
Crime A Palm Beach Dealer Peddling Cheap Warhol and Basquiat Replicas for Millions Has Been Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison The dealer has started paying back victims of his scam. By Sarah Cascone, May 31, 2023
Crime A Michigan Dealer Charged With Conning Collectors Out of More Than $1.6 Million Is Expected to Strike a Plea Deal The dealer, Wendy Beard, faked life-threatening health scares and invented fake employees to dodge payments to clients. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2023
Crime Police in Italy Busted a Major Antiquities Trafficking Ring, Seizing Some 3,500 Relics in the Process Twenty-one suspects faces charges of criminal conspiracy, theft, and the illegal export of goods. By Artnet News, May 25, 2023
Crime A Disgruntled Florida Man Just Plowed His Car Into a $200,000 Blue Bunny Sculpture—His Second Time Vandalizing Public Art His latest victim was artist Hunt Slonem's 14-foot bunny. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 24, 2023
Crime A ‘5th-Century’ Vase, One of the 351 Artifacts Recently Repatriated to Greece, Is a Known Fake, Says a Forensic Archaeologist The characters on the vase's surface were likely painted in the 1990s. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Crime More Than 300 Community Members Show Up to Clean Tschabalala Self’s Vandalized Sculpture at the U.K.’s De La Warr Pavilion In a malicious act of destruction, someone had covered the statue of a Black woman with white spray paint. By Sarah Cascone, May 23, 2023
Crime Thieves Targeted a Regional History Museum in the U.K., Making Off With 12 Precious Historical Artifacts The break-in was only the latest in a series of thefts in the area, according to local police. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 19, 2023
Crime A Portuguese Ex-Banker Convicted of Fraud in a $20 Million Art Deal Has Evaded Jail Time After a Criminal Statute Expired José Viamonte de Sousa skimmed millions off a sale of 41 Joan Miró paintings. By Eileen Kinsella, May 16, 2023
Crime A German Court Has Convicted Five Men Over Their Involvement in the Shocking $119 Million Dresden Jewel Heist The verdict comes after a lengthy 47-day trial. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 16, 2023
Crime Stolen Ancient Tomb Carvings Sat in Storage at the Met Museum for Decades. Now, They’ve Been Returned to China The objects are among 89 antiquities seized by the D.A. as part of a years-long criminal investigation into Shelby White’s collection. By Taylor Dafoe, May 10, 2023
Crime An International Effort to Tackle Antiquities Trafficking Seized More Than 11,000 Stolen Artifacts Across Europe Last Year Operation Pandora took into custody ancient coins, religious artifacts, and a Roman marble bust. By Richard Whiddington, May 10, 2023
Crime An Elderly Man Spray-Painted a Miriam Cahn Painting at a Paris Museum After Right-Wing Attempts to Censor It Failed The Palais de Tokyo will keep the defaced painting on view until the end of the show next week. By Taylor Dafoe, May 8, 2023
