September 3, 2022

Restitution: A timeline of one black stone stela of Durga

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The Supreme shakti, Maa Durga,  an incarnation of Goddess Parvati, the daughter of Himavan, the lord of the mountains. She is the mother-god...
August 12, 2022

Raffaele Monticelli's connection to Bank Leu A.G. and to the Getty Villa's "Seated Musician and Sirens" AKA Orpheus and the Sirens

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In a tightly worded announcement made on 11 August 2022 the J. Paul Getty Museum revealed that it will finally relinquish its nearly-lifesiz...
July 14, 2022

In Memoriam - Dick Drent (1959-2022)

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It is with deep regret that we learned of the passing of our former museum security and risk management professor and dearest friend Dick Dr...
May 25, 2022

Justice Rendered: The final confiscation of properties and business enterprises of Gianfranco Becchina has been confirmed.

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DIA Seizing Gianfranco Becchina assets in 2017 Italy's Direzione Investigativa Antimafia,  the country's Anti-Mafia Investigation De...
May 3, 2022

Justice rendered in the attempted theft of Claude Monet's De Voorzaan en de Westerhem from the Zaans Museum

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Forty-nine year old, repeat art napper, Henk Bieslijn has been sentenced to four years in prison in the Netherlands for the broad daylight f...
April 22, 2022

Save the Date/Call for Presenters: August 5-7, 2022 ARCA's 11th Annual Art Crime Conference

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Conference Date:     August 5-7, 2022 Abstract Submittal Deadline:     June 15, 2022 Location:   Amelia, Italy Celebrating a decade of acade...
April 11, 2022

Potential CITES violations and a seizure of specimens from one (of many) large hunted animals collections in Spain.

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Image Credit:  Guardia Civil, Spain It wasn't until an October 9,  2019 El Pais journalist Manual Ansede wrote an article about the hunt...