NFTs are a major new economy and with every major new economy, there is a big new scam

The pop-up show ‘Free Anna Delvey’ includes a work Sorokin made in prison, as well as pieces by dozens of other artists

Decision follows years of uncertainty around dwindling enforcement funding

The authors’ overview of the types of art crime includes serious analysis—and some entertaining tales

Illicit trade in cultural heritage finds a home on social networks, study reveals

Indian antiquities dealer Monson Mavunkal is currently in custody following a string of fraud allegations, including trying to sell a walking stick he said belonged to Moses. But he is not the first con artist to target the art world

Plus, Warhol’s Catholicism and Moscow’s new museums

Steve Kough also stole three paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1982—while on trial for conspiracy to distribute marijuana

Consuelo Císcar, the former director of the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, is said to have bought works attributed to Gerardo Rueda—but that were painted by his son

Figures indicate fewer museum thefts, more illegal excavations

Experts fear country could become "gateway to Europe for illicit cultural property", while new asset seizure powers—which include art—are being introduced to help criminal investigations into unexplained wealth

The conviction of the father-and-son duo, Des and Gary Pickersgill, for the thefts of around £1.7m from an elderly widow's home, brings renewed focus on the threat of antique “knockers”

The host of the Art Bust podcast argues that the nature and purpose of art crime–and by extension, of the art detectives who fight it—has changed in recent years

Regulation of the conservation profession may be a start, but can it quash the “ego” that often motivates restorers-turned-forgers?

So far a total of 475 "art market participants" have been registered—but delays mean more are likely to comply in the coming months

Jason Harrington pleaded guilty to selling phony paintings to at least 15 galleries and individuals between 2018 and 2020

Oligarch is blacklisted as countries ramp up regulation and authorities move yet another step closer to the art world

Angel Pereda was offering paintings and sculptures by the artists to auction houses in New York

Authorities have reportedly arrested a man after the paintings were found in a gorge

Spanish police say they used the ID-art programme to successfully spot stolen Roman coins worth €200,000

The Khalil Museum, with its fabled Impressionists in a mansion by the Nile, has reopened after an 11-year renovation—without Vincent’s flower still-life

The suspect is linked to a Frans Hals theft, which should help track down paintings from two museums

Plus, vaccine passports in museums and Gossaert's Adoration

The man allegedly opened an emergency door at the museum and threw in a painting he had stolen from a nearby gallery days earlier

Mwazulu Diyabanza says that “museums do not deserve respect” as restitution debate intensifies

Paintings by Monet, Van Gogh and Cézanne, which were stolen in dramatic art heists, are available to view online

The recent case of a 71-year-old dealer convicted of art fraud is far from unique—in fact, elderly offenders could be on the rise

Congolese activist Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza, fined €1,000 earlier this month, will go to court again later today

BBC4 documentary—released today—unpicks theory that the stolen art was shipped to Ireland

Hong Kong police have arrested three men in relation to a $645m heist that included calligraphy by the Communist leader and other revolutionary art and ephemera