Secret Operation Recovers Over 19,000 Artworks and Artifacts

Secret Operation Recovers Over 19,000 Artworks and Artifacts

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...
5 Francis Bacon Paintings Stolen

5 Francis Bacon Paintings Stolen

Mar 21, 2016 | Art, News & Trending

Five paintings by British artist Francis Bacon were stolen from a Madrid home. The paintings, worth an estimated combined 23.2 million pounds or 30 million euros. This theft is the largest one to take place in Spain in the last several decades. Though the heist took...
17 Artworks Stolen from Castelvecchio

17 Artworks Stolen from Castelvecchio

Nov 27, 2015 | Art

In one of the largest art heists in recent memory, 17 pieces of art were taken from a Verona Museum, the Castelvecchio, on November 19th. Thieves scampered away with a wide range of works from European artists, including pieces from Mantegna, Rubens, and Tintoretto....
Man Steals Dali Painting in NYC

Man Steals Dali Painting in NYC

Feb 27, 2013 | Articles

Phivos Istavrioglou, a 29-year-old man from Athens, Greece, stole a Salvador Dali painting worth $150,000. Now he says “he knew the theft would catch up to him and he wants to make [the] situation right.” The painting, Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio, was taken from the...