Crime
Art damaged in Brazil's revolt could become part of a memorial
Attack by far-right supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro has left some works of art beyond repair
Ukrainian art dealer found guilty of stealing £1.3m Paul Signac from French museum
Vadym Huzhva handed a five-year sentence for 2018 theft and for stealing four other paintings in France, including a Renoir
Antiquities dealer Ali Aboutaam given 18-month suspended sentence by Geneva court
Decision brings the six-year investigation into the provenance of 15,000 antiquities from Phoenix Ancient Art to an end, with only a handful found to lack proper documentation
Photography curator accused of attempted child molestation pleads not guilty
Efrem Zelony-Mindell was arrested in December by FBI agents in an undercover sting operation
San Francisco gallerist filmed spraying unhoused woman with hose arrested and charged with battery
Shannon Collier Gwin could face up to six months in prison if convicted
Art crime specialist honoured by New Zealand for services to field
Penelope Jackson is the author of a book that considers how illicit activity differs when undertaken by women
Moscow-based architect, who built ‘Putin’s Palace’, refuses to return to Italy to face trial
Italian Lanfranco Cirillo—whose 150-strong art collection was seized last year—will be tried in absentia by an Italian court next month for tax and money laundering crimes
Cold case murder victim identified as Russian art dealer Aleksandr Levin
Torso was found in Amsterdam river in 2013, but DNA testing was only carried out in 2021
Man who stabbed two MoMA employees last year charged with attempted murder and assault
He was arrested in Philadelphia in March 2022 after evading authorities for three days following the violent attack at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
Ringleader of group who attempted to steal Banksy mural in Ukraine could face 12 years in prison
The suspect has not been identified by police, but is likely to be an environmental activist who told press that he intended to auction the work in support of the Ukrainian army
Italian police widen fraud investigation after seizing Rubens painting from Genoa exhibition
The Carabinieri accuse four people of downgrading and illegally exporting the Old Master work, which has now been returned to the show in the Palazzo Ducale
Following his arrest in Italy, Old Master forgery suspect Giuliano Ruffini is turned over to French authorities
After seven years of investigations, Ruffini has been handed over to French authorities, likely setting the stage for a trial in Paris
Police recover bulk of objects stolen in audacious £100m art heist from Dresden museum
Announcement was made during the trial of six men which began in January and is due to resume this week
Russian arms dealer and artist Viktor Bout returns to Moscow via prisoner swap with US basketball player Brittney Griner
The man known as The Merchant of Death was exchanged for the American athlete, who was arrested for possessing cannabis oil at a Moscow airport in February
Paris gallerists—found guilty of selling Picasso works stolen by handyman—receive suspended jail sentences
Belle et Belle gallery has now been dissolved, closing the chapter on a decade-long criminal investigation
Suspected Old Master forger Giuliano Ruffini—wanted by French police—cannot be found
The French dealer, who is under investigation for selling a series of allegedly forged paintings, has had a warrant out for his arrest since 2019
A handyman stole hundreds of Picassos from two heiresses—now the Paris gallery that bought them is on trial
Verdict for the owners of Belle et Belle is expected in November
Charm, pedigree, contacts: how to dupe the art market
Court documents from the ongoing Inigo Philbrick fraud saga reveal that the secretive art market and the sheer attractiveness of its lifestyle will always suck the punters in
‘Are you going to be a witness or are you going to be a bystander?’ A new true-crime podcast examines Ana Mendieta’s shocking death
The podcast’s host, curator Helen Molesworth, discusses Mendieta’s work, life and death—and what at times resembles an art-world cover-up
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne and estranged husband Tom Girardi’s art collection up for sale in court-ordered auction
Works by Miro, Hockney and Glenna Goodacre are among those being sold to pay off creditors as couple face allegations of embezzlement
Fabergé egg allegedly found by US officials on $300m yacht seized from Russia oligarch
A photograph of the "egg" has yet to be released, leading to heightened speculation
Tefaf Maastricht fair evacuated after attempted armed robbery
Several men ambushed a jewellery stand—though the fair has now been secured
Eight men found guilty of Banksy theft at Bataclan in Paris
Seven individuals given jail terms for stealing “sad girl” tribute work
British art dealer faces trial in the US for alleged part in Inigo Philbrick’s ‘ponzi-like scheme’
Robert Newland worked for Philbrick’s secondary market business Modern Collections before stints at Hauser & Wirth and Superblue
The shocking story of a Picasso painting that was brazenly stolen and held at ransom by the 'Australian Cultural Terrorists'
Weeping Woman is one of the star works in the new exhibition Picasso Century at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria
Texas man, mad at his girlfriend, breaks into Dallas Museum of Art and wrecks works
The man destroyed three ancient Greek vessels, a Caddo sculpture and several other objects
Egyptian antiquities connected to international trafficking ring seized from Metropolitan Museum in New York
Five objects worth more than €3m have been confiscated by authorities as part of a wide-ranging global investigation involving former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez
Former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez charged in connection with antiquities trafficking investigation
Martinez has been indicted for “complicity of gang fraud and laundering“ of objects purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Louvre Abu Dhabi
Former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez questioned by police as part of probe into alleged antiquities trafficking ring
Investigation focuses on purchases made by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre Abu Dhabi
Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks worth millions are mysteriously returned to Cambridge library
The two manuscripts were returned in a pink gift bag with a message that read: "Happy Easter X"