Oct 13, 2021 | Museums, News & Trending
DNA evidence isn’t usually a part of art theft investigation. But Nils M., a Dutch man, left behind such evidence at not one, but two recent major heists. In March 2020, security footage at the Groninger Museum in Groninger showed a man breaking two glass doors...
Jun 25, 2021 | Art, Museums, News & Trending
Two masterwork paintings recovered almost a decade after a 2012 art heist, according to Greek police. In January 2012, “Woman’s Head” by Pablo Picasso and “Mill” by Piet Mondrian were stolen in a lightning quick raid on the National Gallery of Greece, in Athens....
May 10, 2021 | Art, Exhibitions, News & Trending, Profiles
George Haag asserts that he never intended to steal the portrait of Andy Warhol from the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York, back in January. “I did think about stealing it,” he said in an interview in April while awaiting his court date, “but I decided not...
May 13, 2020 | Art, Articles
In a massive, lightning-strike effort coordinated by the World Customs Organization, Interpol, and Europol, authorities around the world teamed up last fall to attack 300 open investigations into art and artifact theft in over 100 countries. More than 19,000 artworks...
