Art Theft

A double portrait of artist Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck has been returned 45 years after it was stolen. The oil-on-wood painting is a double portrait of the two Flemish masters. It was created by another Flemish artist,…

A man in California was sentenced to 3 months in jail for smuggling an ancient Roman mosaic from Syria. In August 2015, Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi brought in ‘ceramic tiles from Turkey’ worth less than $600. However, in reality, he was…

The Spanish police have recovered a Francis Bacon painting, worth $5.4 million, which was stolen in 2015. The police did not reveal information about when and where the painting, which is the fourth of 5 works that were stolen, was…

On Wednesday, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced the return of 133 stolen antiquities to Pakistan. In a ceremony, the DA’s office returned the antiquities, worth over $14 million, to the Pakistani government. The ceremony…

A 17th century Salvator Rosa painting was returned to University of Oxford, 4 years after it was stolen. The work in question is A Rocky Coast, with Soldiers Studying a Plan by Italian painter Salvator Rosa. On March 14, 2020, the…

The screenprint of Andy Warhol’s 1972 “Mao” series has gone missing from the Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. The news was first broken by Southern California News Group, revealing that the painting was found missing on…

The British Museum theft scandal continues as the museum is now suing Peter Higgs for the theft of missing items. The scandal, which left a major dent in the reputation of the British Museum, was first revealed to the public in August of…

The London police have arrested two suspects in the theft of the latest STOP artwork by Banksy. On December 22, the artist Banksy posted an image on his Instagram account of what appeared to be his latest artwork. The image featured a…

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A Banksy artwork was removed in London soon after the artist shared the image of the new artwork. The mysterious artist Banksy first shared the image of this artwork on his Instagram page on December 22nd, 2023. The artwork is…