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Explosive Dutch Museum Heist: Romanian Gold Helmet Stolen, Three Arrests Spark Outrage
Authorities have arrested three suspects, but the fate of the priceless artefacts remains unknown.
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Who controls what gets seen — and what gets silenced? Art doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It gets stolen, censored, taxed, and weaponized. This is where we track the power plays behind the canvas.
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Museum Heist with Explosives: Four Ancient Gold Artefacts Stolen in Bold Raid
Thieves detonated explosives to raid the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, stealing four priceless Dacian artefacts, including the Helmet of Cotofenesti.
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Galerie Thomas Co-Manager Detained Amid Criminal Probe
Silke Thomas, co-manager of Munich’s Galerie Thomas, is in custody amid allegations of fraud and insolvency delays linked to the gallery’s $10 million debt.
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Ace Gallery Founder Sentenced to Two Years for Embezzlement
Doug Chrismas sentenced for embezzling $264K, with prosecutors estimating over $14M in diverted funds.
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Mafia Art Exhibition at Milan’s Palazzo Reale
Hidden for years in the shadowy world of organized crime, 80 confiscated masterpieces by artists like Dalí and Warhol now shine in Milan's Palazzo Reale.
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Wakefield Sculpture Theft: £1m Art Trail Targeted in Growing European Crime Wave
Five bronze sculptures by Andy Holden stolen from Wakefield's art trail in a shocking act of public art theft.
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ART Mysteries: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist and the Vanishing of Vermeer’s "The Concert"
Welcome to “ART Mysteries,” a monthly series dedicated to unraveling the most perplexing puzzles in art history. In our inaugural article, we delve into one of the most notorious cases of a vanished masterpiece, exploring the story behind its disappearance and the ongoing quest to uncover its whereabouts. Here are
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Must-Read: The Art Thief – Inside the Mind of Stéphane Breitwieser
In the shadowy annals of art history, few figures are as intriguing as Stéphane Breitwieser, one of the most prolific art thieves in modern times. Between 1995 and 2001, Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend Anne-Catherine Kleinklaus, embarked on an unprecedented spree, stealing over 239 priceless artworks and artifacts from nearly
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Spanish Police Bust Banksy Forgery Ring: Inspired by Dismaland
Spanish police have successfully uncovered and arrested a group of fraudsters involved in counterfeiting artworks by the renowned street artist Banksy, with widespread sales across Europe and the United States. Two of the detained individuals are suspected of being behind the forgeries in Zaragoza, while the other two are believed
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Lawsuit Resolution Against Sotheby's Auction House
The billionaire from Russia, Dmitri Rybolovlev, faced defeat in a lawsuit against Sotheby’s auction house. The oligarch accused the auction house of collaborating with Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier to mislead him into paying inflated prices for four artworks, as detailed in The Guardian’s report. Among them was
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Nightshade: Unleashed and Received 250,000 Downloads
The new, free downloadable tool Nightshade has received an astonishing 250,000 downloads within the first five days of its release, according to an interview with the project’s director, Ben Zhao, by VentureBeat. The tool was created by computer science researchers at the University of Chicago and is designed
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Stolen Chagall and Picasso Paintings Found in Belgian Cellar
The artworks in question are Picasso’s painting titled “Tête” and Chagall’s piece “L’homme en priere” both of which were stolen in February 2010 from a villa in Tel Aviv. At the time of the theft, the loot was estimated to be worth $900,000 for the two