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A wine steward who plucked artwork off hotel and gallery walls in a bicoastal spree admitted Tuesday to stealing a $350,000 drawing in New York, resolving charges here after serving jail time in California. Via…
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Yep, you heard right. Art Series Hotel Group offered a challenge to Banksy lovers, offering them a chance to own a Banksy art work if they could successfully steal it from one of their hotels. A huge thanks to our friend,…
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Thieves carried out a well-organized, pre-dawn heist at Greece’s biggest state art museum on Monday, taking an oil painting by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and one by Piet Mondrian. Via the Wall Street Journal.
And hopefully it won’t be melted down for scrap. Via The Telegraph.
The Guardian has re-published the original news article concerning the theft and finding of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa back in the early 20th Century. The original news article was published in the Manchester Guardian on December…
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Jorge Gonzalez’s main racket included selling counterfeit paintings and walking off with original artworks. Via Miami New Times.
