October 18, 2025

Picasso’s Still Life with Guitar Vanishes En Route from Madrid to Granada Exhibition

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Still Life with Guitar (1919) by Pablo Ruiz Picasso 12.7cm by 9.8cm Paper, Gouache & Pencil A privately-owned Pablo Picasso painting,  S...
October 17, 2025

Five of the seven 18th-Century snuff boxes stolen from the Musée Cognacq-Jay have been recovered.

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Five ornate snuff boxes stolen in a 2024 museum heist in France have been recovered.  Made of gold, precious stones, mother-of-pearl and ena...
October 8, 2025

Caveat Emptor: What the Dancing Maenad Can Tell Us About the Market for Looted Art

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Christie's 2019 Auction In November 2019, ARCA published a blog post raising questions about a 5th-century BCE polychrome antefix depict...
September 4, 2025

A Still Life in Buenos Aires: Misattribution, Mystery, and Nazi-Era Shadows

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In examining the case of Nazi SS officer Friedrich Gustav Kadgien’s paintings, ARCA has been piecing together a troubling picture.   Earlier...
September 2, 2025

577 Antiquities Seized: Minya looting case exposes ongoing threats to Egypt’s heritage

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Egyptian authorities report the seizure of 577 artefacts in the Minya governorate in Upper Egypt, spanning the Middle Kingdom, Late Period, ...

Restitution Delayed, Injustice Prolonged: Kadgien family intends to drag the ownership claim of "Portrait of a Lady" stolen from Jacques Goudstikker into Argentine Civil Court

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According to attorney Carlos Murias, representing Patricia Kadgien and her husband Juan Carlos Cortegoso, the eldest daughter of Nazi SS off...
August 28, 2025

Six Months for 590 Artefacts: The Case of U.S.-Egyptian Smuggler Ashraf Omar Eldarir

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Ashraf Omar Eldarir has recieved a six month prison sentence in US Federal court.  ARCA has written a lot about Eldarir, a naturalised U.S. ...
August 27, 2025

Swastikas, SOCMINT and Stolen Masterpieces: Inside the Hunt for Goudstikker’s Lost Art in Argentina

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On Monday, the internet lit up after Algemeen Dagblad published an explosive investigation by Peter Schouten, John van den Oetelaar, and Cyr...