Art Stolen Archives

Stolen Joshua Reynolds Painting In Japanese Museum Was Sold By Sotheby’s

A painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, stolen from a UK stately home in 1984, has been discovered in the collection of a Japanese museum.

Stolen £40m Picasso Will Saudi Billionaire or Insurers Get The Portrait

A Picasso painting valued at up to £40m has been recovered by the Dutch art sleuth Arthur Brand.

Nazi-Looted Degas: Investigators Seek Information From Art Dealer Mathias F. Hans

An important pastel by Edgar Degas looted by the Nazis in Paris in 1940 ‘Portrait of Gabrielle Diot’, 1890, owned by the renowned art dealer Paul Rosenberg is sought by the family for restitution.

Stolen Edgar Degas Painting Worth £800k Found On Bus Near Paris

A valuable pastel on canvas by the French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas titled Les Choristes/The Chorus stolen from a Marseille museum in 2009, has been discovered on a bus close to Paris. It was found during a random search, according to officials.

Did Antony Gormley Deliberately Appropriate This William Cobbing Clay Performance Piece?

I was installing my exhibition at Museum Jorn, Denmark, a week or so ago when I started getting a steady stream of emails and Twitter posts to my account

Was This Jackie Kennedy Portrait Stolen From The Infamous Grey Gardens?

The ownership of a period portrait of Jackie Kennedy Onassis in the possession of an East Hampton, NY art dealer is being challenged in court by the estate of the former First Lady’s cousin, Edith Beale.

Stolen Hans Hofmann Paintings Recovered – Scandalous Inside Job Exposed

Part of a collection of Hans Hofmann paintings stolen in 2004 from a New York City-based fine art storage facility has been recovered. Working with the NYPD and the FBI, Art Recovery International negotiated the release of one of the paintings.