July 12, 2014

Daniel Silva's new fictional book "The Heist" begins with a promise to reveal the fate of Caravaggio's "The Nativity" stolen in 1969 from a church in Palermo

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Caravaggio's Nativity (Palermo) by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Daniel Silva, author of 14 books feat...
July 11, 2014

Caravaggio to be interned in memorial park on July 18 in Tuscany; however, do the remains found four years ago belong to the artist?

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Caravaggio's Medusa (oil on wood covered with  canvas) at the Uffizi at least since 1631 by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor ...
July 10, 2014

Rev. Dr. Marius Zerafa Spoke on "The Theft and Ransom of Caravaggio’s “St. Jerome Writing”, Co-Cathedral of St. John" at ARCA's Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Art Crime Conference

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Father Marius Zerafa in Amelia before the conference by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Amelia, Umbria -- The Reverend Dr. Mari...
July 9, 2014

Matisse's "Odalisque in Red Pants" (1925) returned to Venezuela after FBI recovered it in 2012 in Southern Florida

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by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Officials in Venezuela welcomed the return on Monday (July 7) of the Matisse painting, Odalisque...
July 7, 2014

Judith Harris covers ARCA's Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Art Crime Conference in i-ITALY

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Lynda Albertson, ARCA's CEO, and Noah Charney, founder of the Association for Research into Crimes Against Art, led ARCA's Sixt...
July 6, 2014

Jewel Heist Anniversary: The Irish Crown Jewels Stolen from a safe in Dublin Castle on January 6, 1907

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by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Here's an article  ("Hunt for stolen crown jewels failed to solve great mystery") f...
July 4, 2014

Criminal complaint in Germany alleges art advisor defrauded client

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Julia Michalska reported July 2 for The Art Newspaper " Fraud investigation into German art advisor widens " that a 24-page crim...
July 3, 2014

"The Gurlitt Case -- An Inside View From Christopher A. Marinello, Lawyer and Representative for the Heirs of Paul Rosenberg" presented at ARCA's Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Art Crime Conference on June 28

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Matisse, Femme Assise, Paul Rosenberg Archive by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Amelia, Umbria -- Following ...

Gurlitt Art Collection: Task force declares Matisse work was stolen from Paul Rosenberg and should be returned to his heirs by the heirs of Cornelius Gurlitt in accordance with the principles of the Washington Declaration

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Julia Michalska reported for The Art Newspaper on June 11 in " Matisse painting in Gurlitt Hoard was Nazi loot, researchers find &quo...
June 30, 2014

His Highness Sisowath Ravivaddhana Monipong presented "The Duryodhana, the Balarama and the Bhima: a Cambodian perspective on the return of three pre-Angkorian sandstone statues from Prasat Chen at the Koh Ker temple complex" at ARCA's Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Art Crime Conference

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These photos were provided by M. Bertrand Porte, French School for Asian Arts (EFEO), who is the head of the restoration workshop of th...