Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664) was one of a handful of masterful Spanish painters to take inspiration from the revolutionary style of sha...

To celebrate 40 years of success against art crime, the Carabinieri Division for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Italian Ministry of...

ART CRIME AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME OFFERS “TRAFFICKERS, THIEVES AND FORGERS” A NEW COURSE ON ART CRIME OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 8 May 2009: Pro...

ARCA is pleased to present a series of researched editorials written by students of ARCA Director Noah Charney at Yale University. These st...

EBay and the illegal looting of antiquities, on the Freakonomics blog . Yale theft in our own Noah Charney’s back yard, via the Yale Daily N...

The Italian state recently purchased a $4.2 million carved linden-wood crucifix by Michelangelo that probably isn’t by Michelangelo. In ...

The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler (Little, Brown and Company, 2009) profess...

"Night Cafe" Van Gogh 1888 In recent days we have seen a number of high-profile art law suits, both criminal and defensive. Yale ...

Three stolen works of art were recovered, along with nearly 40 other stolen paintings, firearms, heroin, marijuana, and cash, in a New Haven...

Czech police : Impressive 3 month turnaround from heist to recovery. Dutch police recover 8 paintings, including Pissarro and Renoir, 22 yea...