Currently Browsing Tag: Art Theft

Restaurant art theft

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Art Theft, Restaurants | No Comments »

Few people think of restaurants as targets for art theft. This recent press note caught our eye.  Noted Pleasanton (CA) artist Charlotte Severin said yesterday that three of her five original paintings ... Read more..

Is Protecting Religious Artwork an Anomaly?

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Art Theft, Churches, Religious Art | No Comments »

There has been more than the usual number of articles about church theft in the past few years. This leads us to believe that theft of religious artifacts around the ... Read more..

TAKE THE MASTERPIECE AND RUN

Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Art Theft | No Comments »

Crime and art appear to be becoming ever-closer bedfellows in our contemporary world. You only have to look at sky-rocketing values to understand why. Prices soar as markets expand, as ... Read more..

Art Fairs Have Become a Target for Thieves

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Antiques, Art Theft, Galleries | 1 Comment »

This Japanese bronze sculpture, standing 5 ¾ inches high, was lifted from the Winter Antiques Show. http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27586/artful-dodgers/. At the Winter Antiques Show at New York’s Park Avenue Armory in January, Japanese-art ... Read more..