Spielberg unknowingly bought stolen art
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Norman Rockwell paintings often resonate because of their depictions of everyday life, but the life of one of his paintings has been anything but mundane.
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A Gauguin sculpture of a faun hailed as one of the most treasured recent acquisitions of the Art Institute of Chicago was yesterday unmasked as a fake - from Bolton
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Australia's Art Gallery of New South Wales has spent millions of dollars on its most expensive acquisition ever, an abstract by US artist Cy Twombly, which the gallery admitted looks like it could have been painted by a child.
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Take it to your mountaintop fortress, pop open some Chateau Lafite and hang it next to your other stolen masterpieces? Whenever a high-profile art theft occurs, rumors circulate that a scandalously rich collector has commissioned the crime.
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At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of nearly $66 million, were stolen from the artist's granddaughter's house in Paris, police said Wednesday.
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Two masterpieces by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch stolen from an Oslo museum at the weekend were not insured against theft, officials said.
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Ignoring works by Matisse, Renoir and Van Gogh, thieves homed in on just two paintings Â one by Pablo Picasso and another by Candido Portinari Â in the first successful heist in the 60-year history of Brazil's premier modern art museum.
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A version of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" and another famous painting by the great Norwegian artist were stolen from an Oslo museum by armed and hooded robbers, police said.
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An artifact stolen from an Egyptian temple in 1990 and held by Christie's auction house in New York for the last two years arrived in Egypt on Friday, an airport official said.
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A 17th century Dutch painting valued at more than $1 million was stolen from an Australian state gallery during viewing hours over the weekend, and police suspect an inside job, officials said Thursday.
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Art is an exceedingly dumb thing to steal. But then, the art thief, in general, is not the brightest paint in the box.
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Steven Spielberg led the FBI straight to a stolen $700,000 Norman Rockwell painting snatched from a Missouri gallery. It was in his collection in California. The FBI says its just one example of how pilfered art lands in respectable places. And it was an uncommon ending for stolen art -- someone found it.
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The Art Loss Register, a London database of 180,000 missing art works, is on the trail of two Picassos stolen in Paris last week. By the Associated Press.
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Nine art objects, including a piece dating from more than 1,000 BC, have been stolen from a ceramics gallery at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, the museum said.
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Armed robbers have stolen art worth $100 million, including works by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh, from a Zurich museum, police said Monday.
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French officials have found two Picasso paintings which were stolen from the Paris home of the Spanish painter's granddaughter in February, French daily Le Figaro said on Tuesday, adding the thieves had been arrested.
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The robbery of Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' is the latest in a string of high-profile art thefts.