All articles tagged with #art crime
Originally Published 1 day ago — by The Washington Post
Merry White's family lost several Jackson Pollock paintings, including one over her childhood bed, in a 1973 theft from Harvard Art Museums, a crime that deeply affected her and remains a subject of investigation.
Originally Published 5 months ago — by NBC News
The FBI has recovered and returned a stolen 16th-century document signed by Hernán Cortés to Mexico, which details payments in gold for expenses in New Spain, highlighting its historical significance. The document was likely stolen between 1985 and 1993, and this is the second Cortés document the FBI has repatriated. The search for additional missing pages continues, with authorities urging the public to provide information.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The New York Times
A stolen Vincent van Gogh painting, "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring," has been returned to the Netherlands by a tipster who handed it over to a private Dutch art crimes detective. The painting, stolen in March 2020, was found encased in Bubble Wrap and tucked in an Ikea bag. The thieves involved in the theft had already been arrested and convicted, so they could not have returned the painting themselves. The artwork will now be restored and returned to its original home, the Groninger Museum.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Washington Post
An auctioneer, Michael Barzman, has admitted to creating fake Basquiat paintings and passing them off as authentic. The paintings were displayed in a Basquiat exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida in February 2022. The FBI raided the museum in June and seized the paintings in an investigation into their provenance. Barzman was charged with and pleaded guilty to making false statements to a government agency. Basquiat’s artwork has fetched prices upward of $100 million since his death in 1988, making them a target for forgers.