Showing posts with label Pablo Picasso. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pablo Picasso. Show all posts
April 3, 2020

“to avoid the heavy toll of litigation” vs. righting an apparent wrong

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In a decision Washington's National Gallery claims was done “to avoid the heavy toll of litigation” the gallery has agreed to retur...
March 26, 2019

Recovered: Picasso portrait of Dora Maar

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After negotiations that stretched from the UK, to the Netherlands and beyond, a Pablo Picasso portrait of photographer Dora Maar, stolen...
November 18, 2018

Recovered? Anonymous tip may have lead to Picasso's "Tete d'Arlequin" stolen from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 2012.

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On October 16, 2012 Dutch police confirmed that seven paintings had been stolen,   shortly after 3 a.m. local time, from the Kunsthal m...
February 2, 2016

"Picasso" Painting Recovered in Turkey is Deemed a Fake

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The purported Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) canvas of “Woman Dressing Her Hair” seized by Turkish authorities  has been deemed a fake ...
February 1, 2016

Before and After Comparison and Overlay of Stolen "Picasso" Recovered in Istanbul

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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) - “Woman Dressing Her Hair” -  Royan France, June 1940, Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 38 1/4 (130.1 x 97.1 c...
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March 28, 2015

French court convicts electrician and his wife for stealing Picasso artworks that the couple claimed were gifts from the elderly artist

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by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Five years ago a retired electrician and his wife presented unsigned artworks allegedly obtained as...
March 24, 2013

Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Heist: Looking at the Paintings Stolen from the Triton Foundation (Provenance Information Added)

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Lucian Freud, Woman with Eyes Closed by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor The seven paintings stolen from the Kunsthal Rotterdam on...
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March 18, 2013

ARTNews' George Stolz on "Authenticating Picasso"

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Pablo Picasso at 90 Photographed by Ara Güler  in the South of France in 1972 ARTnews contributing editor George Stolz presents the s...
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October 31, 2012

Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Theft: Journalist Colin Gleadell on "overvaluation" of the seven stolen paintings

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by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog So much has been written about the October 16 theft of seven paintings from the Triton Foundation on di...
October 19, 2012

Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Heist: "Progress in Kunsthal art theft investigation" announced by Rotterdam-Rijnmond Police

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Rotterdam-Rijnmond Police in The Netherlands released a press release on their website regarding progress in the investigation of the Octo...
October 17, 2012

Rotterdam Art Heist: What is the Triton Foundation?

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Book cover for a volume Yale Press  is publishing this December by Lynda Albertson, ARCA CEO The Triton Collection was built over t...

Rotterdam Art Heist: The Day After

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by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Questions remain the day after seven stolen paintings estimated to be worth "tens ...
October 16, 2012

Experts opine professional thieves may have stolen seven paintings from Rottendam gallery for ransom or to be sold later on the black market for a fraction of their worth

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Monet's "Charing Cross Bridge, London" 1901/AP On October 7, Kunsthal Rotterdam, a showcase of temporary exhibitions, op...
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June 12, 2012

FBI: Violent and Property Crimes Down (no separate accounting for antiquities or art theft)

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FBI's National Stolen Art File: Picasso's Dance by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief A newly released Federal B...
June 9, 2012

Accusations of money laundering, vandalism and the theft of a Picasso lithograph in Northern California at a mansion allegedly belonging to the former Ukrainian Prime Minister

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Novato mansion/Associated Press The theft of a Picasso lithograph, accusations of money laundering, and vandalism converge in an aband...
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January 17, 2012

Why do thieves steal paintings by Picasso?

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Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves  and Bust"/Estate of Pablo Picasso by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-chief ...
January 14, 2012

CBC Radio's "Day 6" Interviews ARCA Instructor Richard Ellis in "To catch an art thief" about the use of art as collateral or currency "in criminal enterprises such as drugs or arms or people trafficking"

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Brent Bambury, host of the show Day 6 on CBC Radio, "talks" with art crime expert Richard Ellis, founder of the Art and Antiquitie...
January 9, 2012

Bonne Année: Museum Theft in Greece Ends Holiday Weekend

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Picasso's Woman's Head by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Reports from Istanbul bumped by museum theft in ...