Louvre workers announce strike over work conditions and security after $102M heist
By John Leicester PARIS (AP) — Workers at the…
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Louvre to set up new cameras and anti-intrusion systems after stunning crown jewels heist
By Sylvie Corbet PARIS (AP) — The head of…
Man who stole Banksy print to pay off drug debt given 13-month sentence
Larry Fraser, 49, burgled Grove gallery in London, stealing limited edition print of Girl With Balloon seriesA man who stole a Banksy print from an art gallery to pay off a historic drug debt has been given a 13-month prison sentence.Larry Fraser, 49, …
What to know about the Louvre heist investigation
By Nicolas Vaux-montagny And Sam Metz PARIS (AP) —…
Still life that never moved: mystery of missing Picasso painting solved
Artwork that vanished en route from Madrid to Granada seemingly never made it on to van in first placeFittingly enough for a still life, it would appear that the small Picasso painting that triggered a police investigation after apparently vanishing wh…
Spanish police investigate as Picasso painting vanishes on way to exhibition
Still Life with Guitar, worth €600,000, noticed missing after van arrives in Granada from MadridPolice in Spain are investigating the disappearance of a tiny Picasso painting, worth €600,000 (£520,000), which vanished en route from Madrid to an exhibit…
How an 18th-century portrait stolen by the Nazis was recovered 80 years later in Argentina
Painting was spotted online by Dutch journalists when the daughter of a former Nazi official put her house up for sale in Mar del PlataThere was nothing very remarkable about the middle-aged couple who lived in the low, stone-clad villa on calle Padre …
Norfolk woman hands over 16th-century painting identified as stolen 50 years ago
Exclusive: Barbara de Dozsa had argued ownership because work by Italian artist Solario had been bought in good faithA 16th-century Madonna and Child painting that ended up with a woman in Norfolk after it was stolen from a museum in Italy half a centu…
Greek vase ‘looted’ in Italy removed from sale by London gallery
Contact from the Observer prompts withdrawal as dealers urged to do more to stop illicit trade in antiquitiesA London antiquities dealer has withdrawn an ancient Greek amphora from sale after evidence arose that links it to a notorious smuggler.The Kal…
Norfolk woman refuses to hand over 16th-century Italian painting identified as stolen
Exclusive: Barbara De Dozsa’s husband bought Madonna and Child by Antonio Solario in 1973 after it was stolen from a museumA 16th-century Madonna and Child painting disappeared without a trace after it was stolen from a museum in northern Italy more th…