The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "The Hattusa Sphinx and Turkish Antiquities Repatriation Efforts" by Aaron Haines

In the Fall 2012 issue of The Journal of Art Crime , Aaron Haines writes about "The Hattusa Sphinx and Turkish Antiquities Repatriation...

Richard "Dick" Ellis on Working with Michel van Rijn

Richard "Dick" Ellis is an art crime investigator (with The Art Management Group ), the former founder of Scotland Yard's Art ...

The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: Review of Edmund de Waal's "The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance"

In the Fall 2012 issue of The Journal of Art Crime , Catherine Sezgin reviews Edmund de Waal's The Hare with the Amber Eyes: A Hidden In...

The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: Review of Andrew Shea's documentary film "Portrait of Wally"

In the Fall 2012 issue of The Journal of Art Crime , Catherine Sezgin reviews Andrew Shea's documentary film Portrait of Wally : A Nazi ...

The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "The Lord Byron Forged Letter: Where's the Questioned Document Analysis (QDE)?" by John Daab

In the Fall 2012 issue of The Journal of Art Crime , regular contributor John Daab writes on "The Lord Byron Forged Letter: Where's...

The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: "The Sword in the Museum: On Whether La Vallette's Sword and Dagger, Currently Housed in the Louvre, Should be Returned to Malta" by Mario Buhagiar

In the Fall 2012 issue of The Journal of Art Crime , Mario Buhagiar writes on "The Sword in the Museum: On Whether La Valette's Swo...

Update on Pretoria Art Museum Theft

Photo Credit - Wikimedia Commons By Lynda Albertson. Four of the paintings stolen from the Pretoria Art Museum have been found in a small pr...

Pretoria Art Museum Theft Update: South African television stations post videos on YouTube

Here are two videos posted on YouTube of local and national television coverage of the Pretoria Art Museum heist on Sunday, November 11.

Kunsthal Rotterdam Theft: Messenger bags may have allowed thieves to flee on foot or by bike

Painting by Gauguin stolen from Kunsthal Rotterdam by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor Here’s a link to an article by Robbert ...

Kunsthal Rotterdam Theft: Private art investigator Arthur Brand suspects Irish gang involved in rhino horn theft last year and last month's robbery

Matisse painting stolen last month from Kunsthal by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Dutch private art investigator Arthur B...

Pretoria Art Museum in South Africa robbed

"Street Scene" by Gerard Sekoto was one of the paintings stolen  from the Pretoria Art Museum  (City of  Tishwane, Courtesy of The...

Conclusions of Interpol's first international conference on counterfeit art

Last month Interpol's first International Conference on Counterfeit Art  arrived at a list of "Conclusions" in Lyon.  The conf...

Interpol’s International Conference on Counterfeit Art

By Colette Loll Marvin Recently, I had the honor of being invited to speak at the first ever International Conference on Counterfeit Ar...

Eleven year old boy finds and returns stolen painting to artist in British Columbia

Mathew Claxton of the Langley Advance in British Columbia broke the story of an 11-year-old boy who recovered a stolen painting from a nei...

UCLA & UC Irvine: Two-day program in Southern California showcases international research on Afghanistan's archaeology and history

Oxford Classics lecturer Llewelyn Morgan, and author of The Buddhas of Bamiyan , spoke yesterday afternoon in Los Angeles at the first of a ...

Palais Fesch Art Theft Update: Security guard and bartender sentenced to four and two years, respectively

Palais Fesch in Adjaccio, Corsica On October 26, 2012, two men received prison sentences of two and for years for stealing four paintings fr...

Lawyer's Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation Conference Opens Tomorrow: "From Plunder to Preservation: The Untold Story of Cultural Heritage, World War II, and the Pacific"

by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief The Lawyer’s Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation is opening its annual conference i...

Lynn Nicholas spoke as keynote speaker at DePaul's conference "Restitution and Repatriation: The Return of Cultural Objects"

Image of Nefertiti by Sarah Wilson, Second Year Law Student at DePaul University Lynn Nicholas , the noted author of The Rape of Europa , pr...

MoMA Director Glenn Lowry's Responds to Hurricane Sandy; NYC museum works with American Institute for Conservation Collections Emergency Response Team

Yesterday Glenn D. Lowry, director of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, sent an email letter to the art institution's "me...

The Journal of Art Crime, Fall 2012: Columnist Noah Charney on "Counterfeit Money" in Lessons from the History of Art Crime

In the Fall 2012 issue of The Journal of Art Crime , columnist Noah Charney writes on "Counterfeit Money" in Lessons from the Hist...