Art and Law Dutch Police Have Arrested a Man Suspected of Brazenly Stealing Paintings by Van Gogh and Hals From Locked-Down Museums The paintings have not yet been recovered. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 6, 2021
Art and Law A Netflix True Crime Series Will Investigate the Brazen Robbery of $500 Million in Artworks From the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum The docuseries debuts in April. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 12, 2021
Art and Law Have You Seen This Art? Austrian Officials Are Searching for 21 Works That a Priest May Have Swiped From a Benedictine Abbey Authorities have released ads with images of the missing works. By Kate Brown, Feb 3, 2021
Art and Law A Drawing Believed to Be the Final Nazi-Looted Artwork in the Gurlitt Collection Has Been Returned to Its Rightful Owners The provenance of some 1,000 artworks from the notorious collection still remain unknown. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 13, 2021
Art World A Prime Suspect in the Spectacular Green Vault Jewel Heist Eluded Police Yet Again During the Raid of a Berlin Apartment The wanted man's twin brother—also a suspect in the crime—was arrested in December. By Kate Brown, Jan 7, 2021
Art World Need an Absorbing Read for the Holidays? Check Out These 13 Books Recommended by the Artnet News Staff Let these artsy books transport you to another place this holiday season. By Artnet News, Dec 22, 2020
Art World French Authorities Seized More Than 27,000 Potentially Looted Archaeological Artifacts Hoarded by a Single Collector in Belgium The suspect said he found ancient Roman coins in his apple orchard in Belgium, but experts say that is impossible. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 17, 2020
People Convicted Fraudster Anna Delvey Conned Collector Michael Xufu Huang. That Didn’t Stop Him From Hanging Her Portrait in His New Museum Huang is now a character in a TV series about the notorious art-world scammer. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 10, 2020
Art and Law A Hedge-Fund Manager Whose Company Sold a Fake Frans Hals at Auction Is Appealing a Court Order to Return $6 Million to Sotheby’s A case linked to a high-profile Old Master forgery ring is back in court. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 16, 2020
Art and Law Thieves Swipe Nazi Uniforms From a Danish Museum, the Latest in a Bizarre Wave of World War II Memorabilia Robberies The latest robbery follows a string of crimes targeting Nazi artifacts at museums in the Netherlands. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 4, 2020
Art and Law As a Lawsuit Over the Nazi-Looted Guelph Treasure Goes to the Supreme Court, Congressional Leaders Blast Germany’s Attempt to Derail It The Supreme Court will hear arguments in early December. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 26, 2020
Art and Law The FBI Has Arrested Two New York Antiquities Dealers for Falsifying Ownership Histories Using Dead Collectors’ Names The owners of Fortuna Fine Art have been charged with falsifying documents. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 22, 2020
People The Pinault Collection Takes Down a Photograph by Curator Rebeccah Blum’s Killer Following Art-World Calls to Erase His Legacy The art world is cutting ties with the photographer. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 9, 2020
Art and Law Thieves Purloin a Frans Hals Painting Valued at $17 Million From a Dutch Museum—for the Third Time The Dutch Golden Age painting of two boys laughing over beers was stolen from the Hofje van Aerden museum in 1988—and again in 2011. By Artnet News, Aug 27, 2020
Art and Law American Authorities Have Returned 10 Looted Antiquities Worth a Combined $1.2 Million Back to India Four years after the works were seized during New York's Asia Week, authorities formally returned them to their home country. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 20, 2020
