Crime A German Museum Employee Has Been Caught ‘Shamelessly’ Swapping Original Paintings for Fakes to Fund His Lavish Lifestyle The man is said to have spent the money on a new apartment, wristwatches, and a Rolls-Royce. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 25, 2023
Crime Disgraced Dealer Inigo Philbrick’s Co-Conspirator, Robert Newland, Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison Newland, who helped Philbrick execute and perpetuate the massive fraud, will serve just over one and a half years in jail. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 20, 2023
Crime A New Documentary Revisits a Knotty, Unresolved Forgery Scandal that Rocked Australia’s Art World The two-part program investigates the suspected forgery of artworks attributed to Brett Whiteley and the ripple effects that followed. By Artnet News, Sep 19, 2023
Crime The Family of Billionaire Collector George Lindemann Has Returned $20 Million Worth of Looted Antiquities to Cambodia The precious antiquities were discovered by Cambodian investigators thanks to a 2008 photo spread in 'Architectural Digest.' By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 13, 2023
Crime A Vincent van Gogh Painting Stolen From a Dutch Museum Three Years Ago Has Just Been Returned—in an Ikea Bag The 1884 painting was stolen from the Singer Laren museum in 2020. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 12, 2023
Crime Fake Celebrities, Code Names, and ‘Stuffing’: Inigo Philbrick’s Collaborator Reveals the Elaborate Plots They Used to Con Collectors Out of Millions 'I’d quickly come to learn that a fair amount of deception was accepted practice in the art world,' disgraced dealer Robert Newland said. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 12, 2023
Crime A London Auctioneer Has Pleaded Guilty to Forging Provenance Documentation to Sell Ancient Coins Worth Millions Richard Beale, owner of Roma Numismatics, now faces up to 25 years in prison. By Artnet News, Sep 11, 2023
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
