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25 August 2022
Police have launched a criminal investigation and are reviewing security footage after a painting by Vincent van Gogh was stolen during the early hours of Monday morning from The Singer Laren museum in the town of Laren in Holland. The public gallery is currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
31 March 2020
If you think UK galleries are safe while everyone is panicking from the COVID19 virus think again. Three valuable paintings have been stolen from a University of Oxford art gallery. The haul included a work by 17th century Flemish artist, Anthony Van Dyck.
15 March 2020
A stolen multi-million-pound painting discovered hidden in a false wall has been confirmed as an authentic Gustav Klimt original, Italian authorities have confirmed. The canvas was taken nearly 23 years ago.
19 January 2020
Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous solid 18-carat gold sculpture of a toilet has been stolen from his exhibition at Blenheim Palace. Thames Valley Police said that a gang broke into the palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire at about 4:50 BST and stole the artwork.
14 September 2019
A painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, stolen from a UK stately home in 1984, has been discovered in the collection of a Japanese museum.
6 September 2019
An elderly New York art collector has taken his Philadelphia attorney to court for cheating him out of millions.
21 July 2019
How low can you go? Art thieves have made off with a Banksy wall mural in Paris that was painted as a memorial to the Paris terror attack victims in 2015.
26 January 2019
A number of valuable Chinese objects have been reported stolen from a much loved small museum in Bath.
19 April 2018
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.
26 December 2017
Stolen Willem de Kooning Painting Returns To Museum After 32 Years
12 August 2017
Police in Spain have announced that they have recovered three of the five paintings by the British artist Francis Bacon stolen from a Madrid apartment in 2015.
21 July 2017
A long lost Albrecht Duerer engraving titled “Mary crowned by an angel” dating from 1520 has been returned to the Staatsgalerie Art Museum in Stuttgart. The… Read More
6 August 2016
A professional thief has stolen five paintings by the British artist Francis Bacon worth an estimated 30 million euros. The… Read More
13 March 2016
Historic England has launched an appeal to trace some of the most important bronze sculpture of the 20th century, which… Read More
15 December 2015
The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce, Slovakia has for the first time publicly reported that two well known canvases… Read More
21 August 2015
A devoted collector of Wizard of Oz memorabilia has offered a million dollar reward for the return of the famous… Read More
14 July 2015
A thief who stole £800,000 worth of rare Imperial Russian court Fabergé objects and jewellery from Christies Auctioneers last December, has gone on… Read More
6 April 2015
Four people have been charged with the theft of sculpture by the internalionally renouned artist Dale Chihuly. Sections of the… Read More
23 January 2015
Back in February 2011 we reported that the disgraced international art dealer Helly Nahmad was in possession of a $20m… Read More
6 August 2014
Twenty five million pounds worth of stolen London art by Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard has been recovered, after hanging… Read More
3 April 2014
A Norwegian museum has agreed to the restitution of a $20m (£12m) Matisse painting stolen by the Nazis from the… Read More
22 March 2014
A Church altarpiece painted by the German / Danish artist Emil Nolde (1867-1956) has been stolen from a church in… Read More
16 March 2014
A Solid gold sculpture by the Turner Prize winning artist Douglas Gordon valued at £500,000 has been stolen from a… Read More
29 November 2012
