April 1, 2020

Stolen three years ago today. Have you seen a pair of Gottfried Lindauer Māori portraits?

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On the morning of Saturday, 1 April 2017 i t took just under 40 seconds to steal the pair of Gottfried Lindauer Māori portraits, valued...
March 31, 2020

Digital Art Viewing and the Researcher

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As COVID19 sweeps the globe, the art world is adapting to the unprecedented, widespread closures, cancellations, and postponements of cul...
March 30, 2020

Van Gogh thefts by our count: 37 Van Gogh works of art have been stolen, 3 of them two times each, over the course of 15 separate art thefts.

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When opportunity has knocked, art thieves have often had a preference for works of art attributed to Vincent Van Gogh.   But just how ma...
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Not a Happy Birthday Vincent. Van Gogh stolen from the Singer Laren Museum on the day of the artist's birth.

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Vincent van Gogh – Parish garden in Nuenen, Spring 1884. 25x57 Today is not a very happy birthday for Vincent Van Gogh.  167 years afte...
March 28, 2020

The Museum of The Bible's Chairman's letter leaves many unanswered questions

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Issued on 26 March 2010 and uploaded quietly to the Museum of the Bible website  here .  S tatement on Past Acquisitions  Published...
March 27, 2020

Steve Green to return another 11,500 antiquities to the Iraqi and Egyptian governments, but let's not forget the past.

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Journalist Kelly Crow,  in a Wall Street Journal exclusive,  reports that Hobby Lobby magnate Steve Green has agreed to return an addit...
March 24, 2020

Two massive earthquakes create havoc in Zagreb in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Image Credit: Muzej za umjetnost i obrt Museum of Arts and Crafts Two massive earthquakes, registering 5.3 and 5.1 on the Richter scale...
March 16, 2020

Museum Theft: Three Baroque paintings stolen from Christ Church, University of Oxford

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Image Credit:  Thames Valley Police Three Baroque Period paintings have been stolen from the  Christ Church Picture Gallery , an art mu...
March 13, 2020

Supreme Court Decision on the Legal Status of Famous Picasso Painting

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On March 2, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a case disputing who should own the Pablo Picasso masterwork, “The Actor,” cr...
March 5, 2020

🏺 How a 21st century art market resembles its 18th century counterpart: Lessons for collectors attending TEFAF Maastricht 2020

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"La vista dell'antiquario" 1788 by Jacques Sabet In Rome, in the late 1700s, the value of ancient art was far different f...