Crime A Brazilian Collector Is Suing to Seize a Van Gogh Painting From the Detroit Institute of Arts, Claiming He Owns (But Lost) the Work Gustavo Soter has a 2017 bill of sale for the oil painting "Une Liseuse De Romans." He claims he hasn't seen it since. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 11, 2023
Politics Russian Cyber Attacks Disrupt Banksy’s Print Sale Benefiting Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine The website hosting applications for the limited-edition artworks was overwhelmed by entries—many from suspicious sources in Russia. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 10, 2023
Crime Police Retrieve $400,000 in Artwork Stolen From a Truck in Colorado—Along With a Trove of Drugs and Guns The suspect had been on the run after escaping police custody last year. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 10, 2023
Politics Here Are the Artworks Destroyed by Pro-Bolsonaro Rioters in the Storming of Brazil’s Oscar Niemeyer-Designed Capital Buildings Magareth Menezes, the country's culture minister, is heading to Brasilia today to take stock of the damage. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 9, 2023
Politics French Weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Has Again Angered the Iranian Regime for Publishing Caricatures of Its Supreme Leader In response, Iran’s foreign ministry has allegedly closed a French-Iranian cultural institution in Tehran. By Devorah Lauter, Jan 8, 2023
Crime The U.S. Has Returned Its First Looted Antiquity to the Palestinian Authority: A Disgraced Collector’s Iron-Age Spoon The Manhattan D.A. seized the stolen artifact from Michael Steinhardt. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 6, 2023
Crime The Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Two MoMA Staffers Has Been Extradited to New York and Charged With Assault Police arrested Gary Cabana three days after the shocking attack. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 4, 2023
Crime The Man Accused of Attempting to Steal a Banksy Mural in Ukraine Could Face Up to 12 Years in Prison The accused thief claims he was planning to sell the street artist's work to benefit the Ukrainian Army. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 3, 2023
Crime A Thief Swiped a $70,000 Glass Sculpture From an Oklahoma Museum—Then Was Caught When He Returned to the Exhibition The stolen artwork was small enough to fit in the thief's pocket. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 23, 2022
Curiosities The Leaning Tower of Pisa Now Leans Less, Its Infamous Tilt Having Been Reduced by 1.6 Inches Over the Last Two Decades Stabilization efforts have corrected the monument's once-dangerous lean. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 22, 2022
Crime Vandals Have Destroyed 30,000-Year-Old Australian Cave Art by Carving Spooky Graffiti Into the Rock The cave's indigenous owners had been pushing for increased security at the site. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 21, 2022
Crime Police Seized Dozens of Treasures Stolen in Dresden’s $119 Million Green Vault Heist—But a 49-Carat Diamond Remains Missing The jewels were found with the help of the suspects, who are in talks with the prosecution over a possible settlement. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 19, 2022
Politics As Many as 800 Tourists Left Stranded at Machu Picchu After Demonstrators Block the Only Route Out of the UNESCO Heritage Site Political upheaval in Peru is leaving tourists to its famed historic sites in the lurch. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 16, 2022
Crime 300-Year-Old Hindu Relics Looted From an Indian Temple a Decade Ago Have Been Recovered Red flags were raised when an art collector unwittingly tried to register the stolen goods with the Archaeological Survey of India. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 15, 2022
Politics The Long Arm of Chinese Censorship Has Reached Europe, Forcing Artists and Institutions to Watch What They Say Against Beijing Index of Censorship's latest report said artists and culture workers based outside of China are forced to self-censor in fear of retaliation. By Vivienne Chow, Dec 15, 2022
