Returning Stolen Art: No Easy Answers
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Not 15 months ago, they were staring each other down at a negotiating table, bargaining tensely over who should have title to 13 archaeological artifacts. But on a recent afternoon they seemed the best of colleagues.
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In many instances, stolen art masterpieces are recovered almost out of the blue, long after investigators have stopped actively pursuing leads.
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The theft of Edvard Munchâs masterpiece The Scream is the latest in a long line of audacious art heists. Some of the worldâs most famous paintings - including
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When office supplies find their way home, is it stealing? Or strategic investment of your time?
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Paintings and other valuable works of art are stolen almost every day from galleries around the world, the most recent of course being Edvard Munch&#39;s famous &quot;The Scream&quot;.
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For the second time in 10 years a version of one of the most famous paintings in the world -- &quot;The Scream&quot; by Edvard Munch -- has been stolen from an art gallery in Oslo.
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The robbery of Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' is the latest in a string of high-profile art thefts.
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OSLO, Norway - The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch's renowned masterpiece "The Scream" left Norway's police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect art if thieves are willing to use deadly force to take it.    Some expressed fears that works of art are in increasing danger from violent raids - unless, as Norway's deputy culture minister put it, "we lock them in a mountain bunker."   Armed, masked robbers stormed into Oslo's Munch Museum in broad daylight on Sunday, threatening an employee with a gun and terrifying patrons before they made off with a version of Munch's famous painting "The Scream" and another of his masterpieces, "Madonna."   A day after the theft and despite many tips, police said they have no suspects, no trace of the paintings and no theory on a motive...
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p2pnet.net News:- Software to help authenticate paintings, prints and drawings has been developed by researchers at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in the US.
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OSLO -- The weekly magazine Se og Hoer offered a $14,800 reward yesterday for information leading to the return of two priceless Edvard Munch masterpieces stolen from an Oslo museum over the weekend. The city-owned Munch Museum reopened yesterday, two days after three masked robbers, including at least one with a pistol, snatched ''The Scream&quot; and ''Madonna&quot; and fled in ...
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Police recovered two paintings they believe are the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna," two years after masked gunmen seized the priceless artworks from an Oslo museum in a bold, daylight ...
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Police recovered paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari worth millions of dollars stolen last month from Brazil's leading modern art museum
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State police in Brazil have recovered two paintings, above, including a Picasso valued at $50 million, that were stolen last month in a predawn break-in at the SÃ£o Paulo Museum of Art, Reuters reported. The museumâs president, Julio Neves, said Picassoâs âPortrait of Suzanne Blochâ and the Brazilian artist Candido Portinariâs âCoffee Worker,â valued at $5 million, were in perfect condition when found at a house on the cityâs outskirts. The police arrested one suspect, Francisco Laerton Lopes de Lima, on Dec. 27, and his capture led them to Robson de Jesus Jordao, who was arrested on Tuesday. Police Chief Mauricio Freire said the two men had long criminal records, including participation in previous robbery attempts at the museum. Mr. Neves said both paintings would be on view in their previous locations when the museum opens on Friday.
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An art gallery which lost nine Banksy prints in two burglaries offers another piece by the guerilla artist as a reward.
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Keep your art collection in your living room? Why, thatâs for novices.
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Search technology for images may lead to a way to search handwritten manuscripts.
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A painting stolen more than 20 years ago was found lying in trash along a street, and now it could fetch up to $1 million at an auction.