February 25, 2021

The art of loss: Mourning "Charley Hill" the intrepid undercover agent who recovered Edvard Munch's "The Scream"

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It's hard to write a second  In Memoriam  in less than one year for someone who spent a goodly part of their life dedicated to the recov...
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January 31, 2021

Sometimes restitution is a little like putting lipstick on a pig

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Left: Steve Green and the Controversial Coptic Galatians fragment first offered on eBay in 2012 by Yakup Ekşioğlu. Right: Douglas Latchford ...
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January 21, 2021

A striking blow to the prosecution for embezzlement of volumes stolen from the Biblioteca dei Girolamini in Naples.

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The Biblioteca dei Girolamini in Naples In a striking blow to the prosecution, former senator of Forza Italia, Marcello Dell'Utri has be...
January 20, 2021

Restitution: Belgian authorities hand over a 1st century BCE Roman statue stolen from Rome in 2011

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Today, authorities from the General Directorate of the Economic Inspection of the SPF Economie in Belgium turned over a lifesize 1st century...
January 19, 2021

Recovery: "Salvator Mundi", stolen from the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore, is recovered by Italy's Polizia di Stato

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A lesser-known 15th-century version of the contentious  "Salvator Mundi" , most likely painted towards the end of the second decad...
January 11, 2021

New Zealand Police want help in finding the owners of recovered stolen artworks

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Image Credit:  Waikato Police Law enforcement authorities with the Waikato Police have posted photos of numerous artworks to their Facebook ...
January 5, 2021

Israel's Antiquities Authority's Robbery Prevention Unit take three people into custody for questioning on suspicion of dealing in illicit antiquities.

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Image Credit - Yoli Schwartz / Israel Antiquities Authority Three people, believed to be involved in an illegal antiquities trading network,...

Operación Nongreta brings in three gun runners and uncovers one suspect's "museum" of Nazi-themed objects

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Image Credit: Guardia Civil Arrested in a complex multinational police action code-named Operación Nongreta one of three gun runners arreste...
January 4, 2021

Another sentencing for Congolese Activist Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza

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On 22 October 2020 Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza entered the Musée du Louvre in Paris and after a brief stroll through the Pavillon des Sessions, ...

Conference: "Orphan artworks / Œuvres orphelines

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Conference Dates: 4-5 February 2020 Conference Location: Online (visioconférence) Conference Fees: Free with registration Language(s): Frenc...