Update on Lucas' "Cranach's Adam and Eve" at The Norton Simon Museum: Laura Gilbert's Blog "Art Unwashed" Comments on "Supreme Court Declines to Hear Art Restitution Cases"

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Laura Gilbert, through her Art Unwashed blog , reported Monday June 27th that the S...

From Poaching to Theft: The Recent “Trend” of Rhino Horn Thefts in Europe

by Kirsten Hower, ARCA Blog Contributor When thinking of museum thefts, what first comes to mind of what might be stolen? Painting, smaller...

The Boston Globe Reports "MFA makes amends in probable plundering: Artwork believed stolen by Nazis"

Eglon van der Neer, "Portrait of a Man and Woman" by Catherine Schofield Sezgin,  ARCA Blog Editor One of our readers directed the...

Carabinieri recover several important pieces of the Eva Peron jewelry collection

by René M. Du Terroil, ARCA Contributor The Italian media reported last week finding jewels allegedly belonging to deceased Argentine former...

The Boston Globe Continues the Tease with the headline "Bulger may yield clues to Gardner Museum Art Heist"

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief For twenty-four hours after the Los Angeles Times announced the capture of James &...

History of Art Vandalism: The 1985 Destruction of Rembrandt's "Danaë" at The Hermitage Museum

Rembrandt's Danaë , Oil on Canvas, 185x202.5 cm The State Hermitage Museum by Kirsten Hower, ARCA Blog Contributor While Greek mythology...

WSJ Reports on "The Barnes Foundation's Art: The $25Billion Art Move"

The June 24th Wall Street Journal online published a story, "The Barnes Foundation's Art: The $25 Billion Art Move", about the...

LA Times' Jason Flech on "Can Whitey Bulger help solve biggest art heist in U. S. History?"

Los Angeles Times reporter Jason Flech has written an article, " Can Whitey Bulger help solve the biggest art heist in U.S. history? &...

The Business of Art Authentication

After reading the ARCA blog post about the Picasso Foundation's authentication of an electrician's hoard of Picasso art, John Daab, ...

Missing Farrah Fawcett Portrait by Andy Warhol Seen in Ryan O'Neal's Television Show

Farrah Fawcett by Andy Warhol by René M. Du Terroil, ARCA Blog Contributor Update: ARTINFO.com has a column on the Andy Warhold Farrah Fawc...

In Less than 10 Minutes, FBI's "Most Wanted" James "Whitey" Bulger Agreed to be Held Without Bail and to Be Sent Back to Boston

Assistant U. S. Attorney Robert Dugdale speaks to the press  after the arraignment of James "Whitey" Bulger  and his girlfriend Ca...

James "Whitey" Bulger Scheduled to Appear in the Federal District Court (Central District) at 2 p.m. in Los Angeles

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief James "Whitey" Bulger will appear at 3 p.m. today in the Federal District...

ARCA Job Announcement

ARCA (The Association for Research into Crimes against Art) is seeking to hire a full-time Chief Executive Officer. This is an exciting new ...

Spoiler Alert: FBI's Most Wanted James "Whitey" Bulger Has Been Arrested in Santa Monica, CA

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-chief UPDATE: The New York Times reported that Bulger and his girlfriend Catherine Greig...

The Electrician, 271 Picasso Artworks and the Picasso Foundation: Gift or Theft?

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-chief Under the headline " La succession Picasso sous tension ", Veteran journa...

More on Leptis Magna: During World War II, Friend of Lawrence of Arabia Prepared Preservation Plans for All of Libya's Ancient Sites

Leptus Magna in Libya (Photo via Africa Fairtrade Tourism ) Judge Arthur Tompkins emailed the ARCA blog after reading Rez Hamilton's pos...

Article Adapted from Anthony Amore's Book "Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists" Published in The Boston Globe

Anthony Amore, the director of security for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and an instructor in 2009 for ARCA's International Art C...

Current conflict in Libya puts Greek and Roman ruins at risk

by Rez Hamilton, ARCA Blog Contributor This is an extract taken from, "Military use of ancient ruins during conflict" submitted fo...

Swansea University Professor David Gill Awarded AIA's Outstanding Public Service Award

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) has selected Dr. David Gill, Reader in Mediterranean archaeology at Swansea University and a...

Amelia, Umbria: In His First Criminal Trial, Cicero Defended Sextus Roscius the Younger from the Charge of Killing His Father, A Wealthy Resident of Amelia

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Sometimes on this art crime blog we feature stories about Amelia, the town in Umbri...

Government of Canada Returns Its Largest Ever Seizure of Cultural Property to the Republic of Bulgaria

Press Release from the Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages GATINEAU, June 10, 2011 – The Government of Canada...

Picasso's Granddaughter Diana Widmaier-Picasso Discusses 4 Year Old Theft with The New Yorker

Picasso's Maya à la Poupée on display at The Gagosian Gallery in New York (Photo from Gagosian website) by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ...

ARTINFO reports "How a Routine Traffic Stop Led Italian Police to $3.6 Million in Stolen Art"

ARTINFO reports that police stopped a car whose driver had no license to drive but a criminal record and a stolen painting in the trunk. Yo...

ARCA Staff Profile: Intern Jessica Nielson Editing ARCA's First Title Under Its Own Imprint, "The Thefts of the Mona Lisa: On Stealing the World's Most Famous Painting" by Noah Charney

ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Catherine Schofield Sezgin 'talks' with ARCA Intern Jessica Nielsen. Jessica Nielsen Jessica Nielsen is on...

Amelia Art Crime Salon with Art Historian Tom Flynn Scheduled for June 15

British art historian and journalist Tom Flynn will lead the discussion June 15 at the Art Crime Salon at the B&B Cisterne in Amelia for...

ARCA's 3rd Annual Conference, July 9 & 10, Amelia Italy

ARCA 2011 Conference Poster

ARCA Staff Profile: Summer Resident Intern Kirsten Hower Assists on the Third Annual International Art Crime Conference in Amelia

Kirsten Hower in Florence ARCA Editor Catherine Schofield Sezgin 'talks' with summer resident intern Kirsten Hower. Kirsten Hower is...

ARCA Staff Profile: Intern Molly Cotter Will Work on Marketing and Fundraising for ARCA This Summer

ARCA Blog Editor Catherine Schofield Sezgin with ARCA Intern Molly Cotter: What is your education, related work experience, and your role wi...

The Four Horses Rest Inside St. Mark's Basilica in Venice after Being Plundered from Constantinople in the 13th century (Part Four)

by Judge Arthur Tompkins, ARCA Lecturer The horses remained in Venice, in a variety of locations but mostly on the Basilica, for nearly 600 ...