August 27, 2021

The lifestyles of Cocainenomics: Dubai Police release video footage of Raffaele Imperiale and announce the arrest of another fugitive Raffaele Mauriello

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The General Department of Criminal Investigation of the Dubai Police has released a somewhat dramatic video that shows the capture and arre...
August 26, 2021

The curious case of Sadigh Gallery and the long-time coming arrest of its owner

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In April 2019 the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum cancelled the opening of its Rosetta Stone exhibit after University of Iowa...
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August 19, 2021

No longer a teflon don, Raffaele Imperiale has been arrested in Dubai and is awaiting extradition

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In October 2019 the US Drug Enforcement Administration sent documents to the Dutch police documenting a 2017 meeting between drug trafficker...
August 15, 2021

Monet (almost) stolen and shots fired at the Zaans Museum in Zaandam, Netherlands.

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_____________________________________________ Update: 16 August 2021:  14:00 CEST The Zaans Museum has confirmed that the artwork targeted b...
August 7, 2021

Sothebys, Inc. Fine Art Auctions Miami and Thut et al

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On August 3, 2021, Sotheby's filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Frédéric Thut, Betti...
July 21, 2021

A "Homeland" welcome for Neil Perry-Smith in New York

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  We are standing in front of a single-piece sand-stone sculpture of a serenely smiling cross-legged Shiva being worshipped by the small, du...
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July 20, 2021

An updated timeline on the history of the statue of the Victorious Youth: Comparing the Getty's last statements regarding the statue with the facts and with Italy's current political manoeuvring.

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Image Credit: S. King On December 3, 2018 Lisa Lapin, Vice President of Communications, J. Paul Getty Trust, released a press statement...