Antiques Trade Gazette Reports that "iPhone Raid" Involved the Use of a Smartphone to Select Artwork in Heist in Northern Ireland

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, Editor-in-Chief Recently art thieves used a presumed iPhone in a robbery in Northern Ireland to select art du...

Istanbul Archaeological Museum: Sculptural Reliefs Portray the Deceased on the 2,000 year old Tombs of Palmyra, Syria

Funerary art from Palmyra, Syria/ Photo by C. Sezgin by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Today's afternoon story in...

Updated Course List for ARCA's 2012 Program

Here's an updated course list for ARCA's Masters Certificate Program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection Studies for 2012....

National Press Club event: "Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum" - Jan. 24, 2012

Jason Felch and Tanya Lervik (ARCA Alum) by Tanya K. Lervik, ARCA Alum WASHINGTON DC - Tonight the National Press Club hosted a lively panel...

CFP: ARCA 2012 Annual Conference June 23-24

Call for Presenters 2012 ARCA

The Art Newspaper Reports "Balkans targeted in hunt for stolen art"; ARCA Trustee Dick Ellis' Company Art Management Will Focus on the Balkan Region; The Art Loss Register has launched a campaign to target Balkan criminals

Riah Pryor reporting for The Art Newspaper, Balkans targeted in hunt for stolen art, describes the focus on the region by Art Management, a...

Why do thieves steal paintings by Picasso?

Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves  and Bust"/Estate of Pablo Picasso by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-chief Afte...

CBC Radio's "Day 6" Interviews ARCA Instructor Richard Ellis in "To catch an art thief" about the use of art as collateral or currency "in criminal enterprises such as drugs or arms or people trafficking"

Brent Bambury, host of the show Day 6 on CBC Radio, "talks" with art crime expert Richard Ellis, founder of the Art and Antiquitie...

Italian Journal Reports Etruscan Artifacts Returned to Italy for Permanent Display

Etruscan jewelry to be returned to Italy Etruscan Jewelry will be added to Museo archeologico "G.Allevi". collection in Offida Rep...

Admissions Deadline Extended to Feb 29 for ARCA's 2012 Masters Certificate Program in International Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection Studies

Germanicus at Amelia's Archaeological Museum The Association for Research into Crimes Against Art ( ARCA ) 2012 Masters Certificate Prog...

Bonne Année: Museum Theft in Greece Ends Holiday Weekend

Picasso's Woman's Head by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Reports from Istanbul bumped by museum theft in Gree...