Art Collector Says Van Gogh Painting on Display in Detroit Museum Was Stolen From Him January 13, 2023 By David Welch In October, the Detroit Institute of Arts pulled back the curtains on its three-month Van Gogh exhibit, proudly boasting that...
German Authorities Recover Significant Part of Haul From 2019 Jewelry Heist December 19, 2022 German authorities said Saturday that they have recovered a significant part of the 18th-century treasures stolen from Dresden’s Green Vault...
NASA: U.S. Coastlines Could Experience a Foot of Sea Level Rise Within 30 Years December 1, 2022 By Don Jergler Sea levels along U.S. coastlines could rise as much as 12 inches above today’s waterline by 2050, according to NASA...
Climate Activists’ Attacks on Paintings Add to Insurers’ Worries About Threats to Art November 28, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn, Noor Zainab Hussain and Barbara Lewis Climate activists’ attacks on some of the world’s most precious paintings have added to insurers’ worries about the threat to...
Trial Begins in January of Alleged Thieves of Dresden Jewelry, Worth $129M December 30, 2021 BERLIN (AP) – Six men will go on trial in Germany next month over their alleged role in the spectacular...
Three Arrested for Dresden Museum Theft – But Jewelry Is Still Missing November 18, 2020 By David Rising BERLIN – More than 1,500 police carried out a series of searches in Berlin and arrested three people in a...
American Impressionist Painting Missing Since 1995 Turns Up at Museum Exhibit September 9, 2020 By Jim Sams A painting by American artist Robert Spencer, missing since 1995, was recovered after a Pennsylvania art museum included it in...
A Picasso, an $18M Hole, a Casino Owner, an Auctioneer, an Insurer and a Contractor June 23, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurance specialist LeConte Moore and professional fine art appraiser Vincent Wiener deal with high-profile performers and artists and their works...
Generali Digitizes Art Insurance, Offering Collectors Remote Evaluation of Artworks May 20, 2020 ARTE Generali, Generali Group’s business unit that provides art insurance to collectors, has unveiled a new app, which offers remote...
Van Gogh Theft Focuses Attention on Empty Museums’ Security During COVID-19 Crisis April 8, 2020 By Katya Kazakina, Tom Metcalf and Amanda Gordon The break-in lasted just minutes. At 3 a.m. on Monday, a thief — or thieves — forced open the glass...