Thefts
Man who stole painting in broad daylight from Moscow museum is sentenced to three years in prison
Denis Chuprikov took the landscape from State Tretyakov Gallery with the aim of "causing hype", he says
Gael García Bernal’s new film Museo turns Mexico’s biggest art heist into a madcap caper
The Spanish-launguage movie follows two middle-class flunkies who somehow pulled off one the largest antiquities thefts in modern-day history
Chinese antiquities stolen in raid on Bath museum
Haul includes precious gold and jade artefacts, which police say may have been stolen to order
FBI recovers Chagall work stolen nearly 30 years ago
The painting, taken from the Manhattan home of an elderly couple, had been stashed in a Maryland attic
Light-fingered man steals thumb of ancient terracotta warrior during museum party
China's Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre says it will reconsider its loan policy after the "noxious incident"
John Lennon’s stolen diaries found by Berlin police
Journals and other personal effects were discovered at auction house, reports say
Thief walks out of Paris gallery with Botero’s Maternity statue
Galerie Bartoux staff discovered €425,000 bronze missing at closing time
One man’s epic quest to recover a stolen painting by ‘Iraq’s Picasso’
The 1968 battle scene was withdrawn last month from Christie’s Dubai sale, but its fate remains in question
‘Spider-man’ and accomplices sentenced in Paris museum theft
Three defendants given six- to eight-year prison sentences, hefty fines and ordered to pay the city €104m
Stolen Guercino painting found in Casablanca
Altarpiece was taken from church in Modena, Italy, in 2014
Prosecution seeks jail time and heavy fines for Paris museum thieves
The three men involved in the heist face seven to ten years for the disappearance of five masterpieces
Trial testimony reveals how one man walked off with five masterpieces worth €108m from a Paris museum
But professional burglar advises making sure you “have the resources” to pull off a similar heist “or drop the idea because it’s just too much of a headache”
Stolen Old Master paintings head back to Verona
Works by Tintoretto, Mantegna and Rubens were discovered in Ukraine
Police in Greece arrest 26 in bust of alleged antiquities smuggling ring
Investigators recovered more than 2,000 objects, mostly coins, that they say were offered for sale through auction houses
Anselm Kiefer’s studio robbed of 12 tonnes of raw marble and €1.3m lead sculpture
Two women apprehended while picking up scraps from the damaged work have been released
Stolen Salvador Dalí and Tamara de Lempicka works recovered
The two pieces were taken in 2009 from a Dutch museum during opening hours
Seventeen paintings stolen from Verona museum retrieved in Ukraine
Works by Tintoretto, Mantegna and Rubens were hidden in plastic bags near the Moldovan border
Warhol soup can screen prints stolen from Missouri museum
FBI and Interpol have been notified by local police who are investigating the theft of an undisclosed number of works at the Springfield Art Museum
‘Rathkeale Rovers’ gang jailed over £57m UK museums thefts
Much of the haul, which includes Chinese antiques and rhino horn, has probably ended up in China, making recovery unlikely
Centre Pompidou’s stolen Picasso goes back on show after 15 years
Painting was recovered in 2014 after interception by vigilant US customs officers
Italian police arrest 13 over €15m Verona museum theft
Suspects include museum’s security guard whose car was used as getaway vehicle
Criminal gang convicted of stealing antiquities and rhino horn from UK museums
The international burglary ring targeted objects for a growing Chinese black market
Statue stolen from Mussolini’s Roman villa to be returned
The work’s current owner voluntarily turned it over to authorities
Chelmsford Museum gold coin theft linked to national security alert
Museums across UK were warned about gang making “reconnaissance visits”
Two detained in Turkey over attempted sale of painting, claimed to be lost work by Van Dyck
The sellers told undercover police that they had bought the work from a gang in Georgia
Masterpieces stolen from Verona museum
Works by Tintoretto and Rubens among 17 pieces taken
UK museums on heightened alert against attacks
Arts Council England and the Scottish Council on Archives warn of increased theft danger
French national treasure recovered after 32 years
The 18th-century tapestry was pulled from a London auction and returned to its château in Normandy
Rodin sculpture stolen from Beverly Hills mansion returned after 24 years
Art worth more than $1m was looted after Swiss housekeeper sold duplicate key
Churches targeted in organised crime wave
Recovered artefacts include paintings, stained glass and carvings





























