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Paris Drug Bust Recovers Stolen $17 M. Picasso Canvas
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (259+ words) French police stumbled upon a stolen Pablo Picasso painting when they raided a house in the Paris suburbs on a drug bust. Police raiding a house in the Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne on June 15 got a welcome surprise when they…...
A New York Judge Gives Dealer David Nahmad 30 Days To Return Nazi-Looted Modigliani Painting
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (244+ words) A legal battle that went on for 11 years over a prized painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani came to a close in April, when billionaire art dealer David Nahmad and his family lost their bid to hold on to Seated…...
Dissident Russian Artist Robert "Kuzovkov, aka Semyon Skrepetsky, Gunned Down in Poland
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (351+ words) Russian artist Robert "Kuzovkov, known as Seymon Skrepetsky, was gunned down Monday in Bia'a Podlaska, in eastern Poland. Russian artist Robert " Kuzovkov, known as Seymon Skrepetsky, was gunned down Monday in Bia'a Podlaska, in eastern Poland Two Belarusian nationals have…...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Repatriates Two Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia
1+ week, 4+ day ago (234+ words) The Metropolitan Museum of Art has repatriated two sandstone sculptures in its collection to the people of Cambodia: an Angkor period guardian deity (r'k'asa), dating to c. 921-945, and a lintel featuring a carving of an anthropomorphic dragon from the mid-7th century. The…...
Three Men Convicted in High-Profile Dutch Museum Heist of Ancient Romanian Gold
1+ week, 6+ day ago (333+ words) Three men have each been sentenced to 47 months in prison for the theft of ancient Romanian gold from a Dutch museum. Three men have each been sentenced to 47 months in prison for the theft of ancient Romanian gold from a…...
Police Investigate Suspected Arson at Boston Museum of African American History
2+ week, 3+ day ago (302+ words) Police and federal authorities are investigating a suspected act of arson at the Museum of African American History in Boston after a package containing materials for an upcoming Juneteenth celebration was set on fire outside the institution this week. According…...
Heir of Margarethe Lieser Sues for Restitution of Gustav Klimt Portrait That Fetched $37. 5 M. at Auction in Austria Before the Sale Fell Through
2+ week, 4+ day ago (394+ words) South Carolina'based Patricia J. Leahy, on her own behalf and that of Nickolas Johann Kraft and Hans Lieser, filed a suit in New York State Supreme Court on Thursday. The suit names Austria's Eva Ropper and the auction house as defendants....
French Court Rules That Lawsuit Between Monet Heirs and Wildenstein & Co. Gallery Can Proceed
3+ week, 15+ min ago (198+ words) Late last week, a French judge ruled that a judicial court in Rouen, Normandy, can proceed with handling a legal complaint filed by the heirs of Claude Monet, against the New York gallery dynasty Wildenstein & Co. , according to French reports....
Chinese Archaeologist Liu Bin, Known for Work at Liangzhu Site, Pleads Guilty to Corruption and Misappropriation Charges
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (261+ words) Liu Bin, the Chinese archaeologist widely known for his work at the ancient city at Liangzhu, the so-called Venice of the Stone Age, pleaded guilty on May 20 to charges of taking bribes and embezzling research funds, Caixin Global reports. In…...
Du Sable Museum President Responds to Whistleblower Lawsuit in New Filing
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (270+ words) The president of Chicago's Du Sable Black History Museum and Education Center, Perri Irmer, has responded to a whistleblower lawsuit that shook the institution months ago with allegations that she and other leadership misused funds." In December, Kim Dulaney, the…...