December 6, 2018

From the Rogues' Gallery: The interesting life of Andrew Shannon, convicted (again) in Dublin for possessing a stolen painting

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Some art thieves are savvy characters, others are, lets just say, special. As of this week, burglar, petty criminal, art, and book thi...
December 4, 2018

A deck swab gives directions, but then there's the law, even for the King of Clams

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In 2006 Italian "fisherman" Igli Rosato a.k.a Athos Rosato spoke with US journalist Jason Felch about the fateful day in 1964 ...

Statement (plus commentary) on Press Release from Lisa Lapin, Vice President of Communications, J. Paul Getty Trust, Regarding Decision by Italy’s Court of Cassation on the Legal Ownership of the Victorious Youth

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Reprinted in its entirety.  Original PDF can be found on the Getty's website here. NOTE:  Sections highlighted in blue have comme...

Italy's Court of Cassation rejects the J. Paul Getty Museum's appeal against the lower court ruling on the Getty Bronze

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On Monday, Italy’s Cassation Court rejected the J. Paul Getty Museum's appeal against the lower court ruling in Pesaro, issued by...
November 29, 2018

3 Men and a Painting: Savvy accomplices make off with "Golfe, Mer, Falaises Vertes" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Image Credit:  Screen Capture ARCA 28 November 2018 Entering Vienna's oldest auction house, the Dorotheum, just after sunset, three...
November 28, 2018

Recovered: "Portrait of Marta Ghezzi Baldinotti" stolen 32 years ago from Palazzo Chigi

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Image Credit:  Carabinieri TPC The team of the Carabinieri del Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale (TPC) in Palermo, under the command ...
November 20, 2018

How long does it take to achieve restitution of a looted antiquity? In some cases 25 years or more.

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PURCHASED           ACQ NUMBER          DESCRIPTION 29 February 1992          292.AA.10                  Statue of Zeus Enthroned ...
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...
October 30, 2018

Recoverable or Not? The sale of the Assyrian gypsum relief of a winged Genius, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, circa 883-859 BCE

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In March 2015, the Iraqi government formally announced that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL had purposefully destroyed mu...
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October 29, 2018

Recovered: 26 years after its theft "San Carlo Borromeo in Contemplation"

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Image Credit: https://www.ilcittadino.it In a ceremony held at the San Pietro Apostolo in Cavenago d'Adda, Italy, parishioners cel...