Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts
January 18, 2024

Breakthrough in Decade-Long Art Heist: Stolen Chagall and Picasso Paintings Recovered in Antwerp Raid

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In a stunning turn of events, two valuable paintings, L’homme en prière by Marc Chagall and a version of  Tête by Pablo Picasso, stolen fr...
December 10, 2023

Acquittal and Mental Health Intervention: US Citizen Behind Israel Museum Vandalism Case

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In an unusual court ruling, the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court has acquitted forty-year-old Stephen Edward Porth, the American citizen fro...
January 5, 2021

Israel's Antiquities Authority's Robbery Prevention Unit take three people into custody for questioning on suspicion of dealing in illicit antiquities.

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Image Credit - Yoli Schwartz / Israel Antiquities Authority Three people, believed to be involved in an illegal antiquities trading network,...
November 30, 2016

Auction Alert I: Ancient Palmyran Limestone Head Ca. 3rd-5th century A.D.?

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Two different online auction websites, Live Auctioneers and Invaluable   each have "sold" a listing for the same Palmyrene l...
July 9, 2013

Northern Israeli archaeological site unveils granite fragment of Egyptian sphinx -- ancient plunder or gift?

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Archaeologist Shlomit Blecher discovered part of a granite Egyptian sphynx in Israel in August 2012, raising the question of plunder or g...
July 4, 2012

The Journal of Art Crime, Spring/Summer 2012: Aleksandra Sheftel on "Looting History: An Analysis of the Illicit Antiquities Trade in Israel"

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Aleksandra Sheftel's article on "Looting History: An Analysis of the Illicit Antiquities Trade in Israel" is published in th...
July 1, 2012

The Spring/Summer 2012 Issue of The Journal of Art Crime is now available to download by subscription

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The PDF edition of the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of The Journal of Art Crime can now be downloaded by subscribers. This seventh issue is ...
March 9, 2011

Rodin's Naked Balzac Bronze Stolen Three Months Ago in Jerusalem During Museum Renovation, Reports Haaretz.com; NPR Adds Quote from the Art Loss Register's Chris Marinello

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Rodin Statue of Balzac (Photo Courtesy of Harretz.com) Although the Israel Museum discovered the theft of Auguste Rodin's "Naked...