Art Theft

A joint operation led by the Mexican government has recovered several 16th-century manuscripts reportedly stolen from the National Archives in Mexico. The manuscripts in question are historical documents of importance, including a letter…

Raffaele Imperiale, a wanted fugitive from an Italian crime syndicate has been arrested in Dubai on the suspicions of buying stolen van Gogh works. Raffaele Imperiale is considered by the police to be a major crime figure. He has been…

A Dutch man is facing charges for the 2019 theft of Roman coins from a German museum. In November 2019, a group of men broke into the Rhineland State Museum, one of the largest archaeological museums in Germany. According to the police…

Two paintings by Piet Mondrian and Picasso have been found after being stolen almost a decade ago from the largest public gallery in Greece. The works were found as a result of a confession by a 49-year-old man, as per the Ministry of…

The controversial Salvator Mundi, often attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, was recovered a year after it was stolen in Naples. The work went missing from the Museum of San Dominico Maggiore last year. Now, the Italian police have claimed…

Congolese restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza, who came to news after attempting to steal an artefact from Louvre museum, has now been fined and imprisoned for the act. The Louvre museum had claimed in the charge that Diyabanza's…

Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza was presented in court after his attempted theft at the Louvre museum a few days ago. According to news reports, the incident took place on October 22. Diyabanza was seen in a video posted on Twitter…

The artist collective known as Frankfurter Hauptschule has claimed responsibility for stealing a Joseph Beuys work from Germany and taking it to Tanzania. According to a news report published by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, the…

After 23 years since it was stolen and 10 months since its discovery, a Gustav Klimt painting is returning to view. Titled ‘Portrait of a Lady’, the painting was created by Gustav Klimt around 1916-17. It was on view at the Ricci Oddi…

An attempted intrusion in the Palace of Versailles almost succeeded after a 31-year-old man climber the castle walls and entered through a window. The details of the incident were provided by the Versailles prosecutor's office. According…