Alec Baldwin Is Hosting a New True Crime Podcast Called ‘Art Fraud’ About the Knoedler Forgery Scandal

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Alec Baldwin Is Hosting a New True Crime Podcast Called ‘Art Fraud’ About the Knoedler Forgery Scandal

The podcast delves into what might be the biggest scandal ever to rock the U.S. art scene.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 1, 2022

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The Founder of Netscape Has Returned $35 Million Worth of Looted Cambodian Antiquities

James H. Clark bought the works between 2003 and 2008.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 13, 2022

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Taiwan Has Pulled Artist Sakuliu Pavavaljung From the Venice Biennale After a String of Sexual Assault Allegations

Prosecutors in Taiwan have stepped in to investigate the allegations made online, but no official charges have yet been filed.

By Vivienne Chow, Jan 13, 2022

Crime

Four Italian Collectors on Instagram Have Been Unmasked as Catfish Accounts. Was It a Scheme to Pump Emerging Artists?

Lawyers are now investigating whether any crimes were committed by the fake accounts.

By Kate Brown, Jan 10, 2022

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In a Landmark Restitution, the U.S. Returns 200 Looted Antiquities From Top Museums and Private Collections to Italy

Fun fact: one of the sculptures was linked to Kim Kardashian.

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 17, 2021

Crime

Billionaire Investor Michael Steinhardt Is Forced to Surrender $70 Million in Art and Agree Never to Collect Antiquities Again

After a grand jury investigation, the collector surrendered 180 stolen objects worth a combined $70 million. No criminal charges were filed.

By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 6, 2021

Crime

Christian Rosa, the Fallen Art Star Accused of Selling Forged Pettibon Paintings, Has Reportedly Been Arrested in Portugal

After going into hiding abroad, an Instagram post by the artist’s girlfriend may have given his location away.

By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 6, 2021

Crime

Fifty Years Ago, a Thief Stole Antique Firearms From More Than a Dozen Museums. Now He’s Going to Jail—For One Day

Decades after his crime spree, Thomas Gavin was caught trying to sell a stolen $175,000 American Revolutionary War rifle for just $4,000.

By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 30, 2021

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Decades After a U.S. Soldier Took Them Home as a Souvenir, Long-Lost Artworks Return to Poland With the Help of the Monuments Men

The drawings had been looted from the National Museum of Warsaw and taken to Fischhorn Castle in Austria.

By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 8, 2021

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In a Shift, Notorious Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Set to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges in Federal Court This Week

It remains to be seen what type of prison sentence is handed down.

By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 1, 2021

Crime

Manhattan’s D.A. Returns 248 Antiquities to India That Were Caught Up in the Investigation of Disgraced Dealer Subhash Kapoor

It is the largest group of historical objects to be returned to the country.

By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 29, 2021

Crime

A Serial Art Thief Has Been Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Stealing a Van Gogh and Frans Hals Worth a Combined $20 Million

Neither painting has been recovered, a factor that played into judges' decision to give the maximum sentence.

By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 27, 2021

Crime

Robert ‘Bobby’ Gentile, Long Fingered by the FBI as a Suspect in the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist, Dies at 85

"His passing might make people less inhibited about talking," says the museum's chief investigator.

By Sarah Cascone, Sep 23, 2021

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