Law & Politics The Met Agrees to Repatriate Artifacts to Cambodia as Douglas Latchford Fallout Continues The museum will return 14 artifacts dating back to 600s C.E. By Adam Schrader, Dec 15, 2023
Museums & Institutions Hundreds of Artifacts Stolen From the British Museum May Have Been Sold for Scrap The museum's independent review following a major theft scandal identified more than 1,000 objects still missing. By Adam Schrader, Dec 12, 2023
Law & Politics A Rubens Painting, Allegedly Stolen During World War II, Remains Embroiled in a Decades-Long Dispute The painting once hung in the Rheinsberg Palace. By Adam Schrader, Dec 12, 2023
Law & Politics The Sprawling Legal Dispute Between Yves Bouvier and Dmitry Rybolovlev Is Finally Over A bitter international fight over allegedly inflated art prices has finally come to an end. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 11, 2023
Law & Politics German Art Collector Loses Bid to Keep Ancient Mask Looted From Egypt Dirk Gemünden bought three art objects at an auction in 2020. He has been allowed to keep one of them. By Adam Schrader, Dec 1, 2023
Crime A Stolen $100,000 Chagall Print Might Actually Be Worth Far Less A band of thieves made off with the lithograph from a New York City gallery in September. By Adam Schrader, Dec 1, 2023
Crime A New Podcast Lifts the Lid on the Notorious Theft of a Caravaggio From an Italian Church The series aims to locate the painting, which has been missing since 1969. By Adam Schrader, Nov 30, 2023
Law & Politics A Showdown Over Pricey Western Artworks That Went Missing Decades Ago Heats Up in Court The paintings went missing more than 50 years ago. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 22, 2023
Galleries A Painting Stolen From a New York Gallery 60 Years Ago Was Recovered in the U.K. The Edouard-Leon Cortés work was one of more than 3,000 paintings stolen from the Herbert Arnot Gallery. By Adam Schrader, Nov 22, 2023
Crime The Art Institute of Chicago’s Ex-Payroll Manager Is Sentenced for Embezzling $2 Million Michael Maurello has also been ordered to pay restitution to the museum. By Adam Schrader, Nov 20, 2023
Law & Politics Orlando Museum’s Ex-Director Who Was Ousted Over Fake Basquiats Fires Back In a fiery countersuit, Aaron De Groft insists the forged paintings seized by the FBI are the real deal. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 16, 2023
Crime Police Are Searching for Thieves Who Stole a $100,000 Chagall Print Video footage shows the suspects carrying the print in the rain before loading it into the back of a car. By Adam Schrader, Nov 14, 2023
Crime Four Men in the U.K. Have Been Charged With the Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s $6 Million Gold Toilet Sculpture The current state of the 18-carat gold sculpture, however, is not known. By Adam Schrader, Nov 7, 2023
Crime Utah Authorities Have Charged Four People for Allegedly Stealing $1 Million Worth of Dinosaur Bones The illegal shipments were bound for China, allegedly marked as “industrial stone” and “landscape rock." By Adam Schrader, Nov 7, 2023
Museums & Institutions Two Climate Activists Shattered the Glass Protecting Diego Velázquez’s ‘Rokeby Venus’ at London’s National Gallery The protestors were arrested and the painting has been removed from display. By Adam Schrader, Nov 6, 2023
