Spanish Police Have Seized Five Fake Goya and Velázquez Paintings Supposedly Worth a Collective $84 Million; Works will go on view in an exhibition of seized forgeries curated in conjunction with Spanish police
Ghosted by East Village Gallery, Artists Demand Answers; Several artists say the curator of the East Village Art Collection disappeared after charging them participation fees for an exhibition that never happened
Angela Catherine Hamblin the Dealer Who Fled the U.S. After Being Convicted of Selling Fake Art by Franz Kline and Milton Avery Has Just Been Extradited After Hiding in Scotland; Sold $400K of Paintings
Confession of Rape! Backlash Mounts Against David Choe, the Muralist Who Painted Facebook’s Headquarters, After an Interview Clip of Him Describing a Rape Resurfaced Online
Stories of Art History’s Detectives; Provenance researcher must be a detective, figuring out alternative ways to get at information that major participants in the trade are often unwilling to disclose
Most Valuable Object to Sink With the Titanic Was a Colossal Neoclassical Painting. Here’s the Painting’s Unusual Backstory; Brought onboard by a Swedish businessman, Merry-Joseph Blondel's little-known 19th century work had the highest insurance claim of any single item
Man Who Stole Thumb of Ancient Sculpture Gets Plea Deal; Said Michael Rohana’s attorney, “He was a drunk kid in a bright green ugly Christmas sweater.” The defense rests.
The Forgery That Outwitted the Nazis; Through deception, theft, and a revolutionary aging technique, Han Van Meegeren went from overlooked artist to con man and hero that tricked 20th century art critics and stole from Nazis in the process
Robert Bing, who joined the French Resistance, lost a Courbet fleeing the Nazis. His heirs are getting it back.
Important Collector of Contemporary Art Collector Myriam Ullens Killed Outside Her Home In Belgium, Allegedly By Her Stepson
Art-World Confidential: He was one of New York’s most active art dealers – until he got busted for wire fraud. Now Ezra Chowaiki reveals the underhanded tricks of the trade, and how to survive in a prison filled with V.I.P.’s
Dutch Police Are Closing in on the So-Called ‘Pink Panther Gang’ from the Balkans Behind the Astonishing Daytime Diamond Heist at TEFAF Maastricht; Stealing diamonds in broad daylight since 2001
They Cannot Shut Him Down! Since 2017, Arts (or Tax) Activist Ethan Arnheim Has Maintained a Satiric Website Critiquing the Sheldon Solow Foundation’s Private NYC Museum And Tax-Exempt Status, As It Does Not Provide Public Access to Its $500M Art Collection
The F.B.I. Has an Art Crime Team. And These Days, It’s Busy; Raid of the Orlando Museum of Art, in which 25 works attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat were seized, has placed renewed spotlight on the unit
The Hunt For As Many As Nine Elusive Vermeer Paintings Continues
Two Curators Tried to Find Out If Salvador Dalí Really Painted This Strange Seven-Foot Canvas. They Ended Up Solving an Even Bigger Mystery
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