Tag: Art crime

The British Museum in London has initiated legal proceedings against former curator Peter Higgs for allegedly stealing up to 2,000 objects from its collection. The museum’s actions come after archaeologist

A 17th-century Italian landscape by Salvator Rosa, “A Rocky Coast, with Soldiers Studying a Plan,” stolen from Christ Church Picture Gallery in Oxford, has been discovered in Romania and returned.

A painting stolen over 40 years ago in a smash and grab raid has been safely returned to its owner, Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, UK, after being spotted at an

The recent theft of a Bronze Age gold torc and bracelet from a UK institution has raised concerns about the need for increased government funding in the museum sector. The

Los Angeles-based art dealer Douglas Chrismas was convicted last Friday of embezzling over $260,000 from his gallery’s bankruptcy estate in 2016. Founder of Ace Gallery, Chrismas has had a controversial

Merces Gallery, an online auction business based in Great Neck, New York, and its owners, Grace Hu and Yincheng Wu, were indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for engaging

US officials have reached an agreement with the former general counsel of Malaysia’s scandal-ridden sovereign investment development fund to recover a $1.2 million drawing by Pablo Picasso, allegedly purchased with

The whereabouts of the elusive painting, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and sold for a record-breaking price of $450 million, remain a mystery. Recent rumors suggest that it may be

Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau forgery ring leader, David Voss, sentenced to five years in prison for peddling fake paintings. The case, described as the “biggest art fraud in world history,”