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Geoffrey Kelly Details His Investigation into the Gardner Museum Heist

03/11/2026

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series featuring conversations with the figures shaping how the art world is changing right now. Next week, the world’s greatest art heist turns 36. To mark the anniversary of the …

Метки : искусствокражафбртайнымузейдетектив

Wisconsin Museum Treasurer Admits to Stealing $70,000 from Institution

02/13/2026

The former treasurer of the Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin—touted as “the only building still standing from the dawn of electricity” on its website—admitted to stealing $70,000 from the institution. According to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday, Steven …

Метки : музейкражарастратаэдисонвисконсинистория.

Thieves empty Dutch museum of silver in morning heist

01/23/2026

A museum in the eastern Dutch city of Doesburg has been hit by thieves who lifted its entire silverware collection in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to museum staff, more than 300 “irreplaceable” objects were stolen, valued at …

Метки : искусствокражамузейкультурное наследиесеребронидерланды

Recovered Picassos at Center of Art Theft Trial in Nice, France

01/10/2026

Seven years after an undercover sting led police to a house packed with stolen art in the hills above Nice, France, the case has returned to court, with ten defendants now on trial over a cache that included several works …

Метки : искусствокражасудпикассорасследованиеницца

British Museum Seeks Specialist to Hunt Down Missing Treasures

01/07/2026

British Museum Seeks Specialist to Hunt Down Missing Treasures TheBritish Museumis looking for an experienced treasure hunter to track hundreds of Greek and Roman antiquities that went missing from its collection in recent years and were possibly stolen by an …

Метки : #культураантиквариатмузейкражапоиск сокровищновости

Louvre Director Faces Senate Grilling as Pressure Mounts After Jewel Heist

12/19/2025

Louvre president Laurence des Cars faced an fraught Senate hearing on Wednesday as lawmakers pressed her on years of allegedly neglected security warnings preceding the October theft of $102 million in imperial jewels — an interrogation that has intensified calls …

Метки : луврбезопасностьполитикакражаотставкааудит

Louvre Jewels Thieves Evaded Police by a 'Hair's Breadth'

12/11/2025

The thieves who stole jewelry from the Louvre evaded capture in October “by a hair’s breadth,” a senior official from the administrative inquiry into the museum’s security failings told the French Senate on Wednesday, as reported by Le Figaro. Noël …

Метки : лувркражабезопасностьдрагоценностимузейпротесты

Man Suspected of Being Fourth Gang Member Behind Louvre Heist Arrested

11/26/2025

On Tuesday, four more suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre in Paris last month. One of those men, who is currently in police custody, is suspected of being the fourth …

Метки : лувркражаювелирные украшенияпреступностьбезопасностьполиция

Four Additional Suspects Arrested in Connection to Louvre Museum Heist

11/26/2025

Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of the French crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last month, USA Today reported. Two men and two women between the ages of 31 and 40 were arrested …

Метки : кражалувркоронные драгоценностирасследованиебезопасностьаресты

Louvre to Install 100 Surveillance Cameras, Anti-Intrusion Systems

11/19/2025

Some 100 surveillance cameras and anti-intrusion systems are set to be installed at the Louvre Museum as part of increased security measures following the theft of France’s crown jewels last month, reported the Associated Press. The anti-intrusion systems will go …

Метки : луврбезопасностькражамодернизациякамеры наблюдениямеры предосторожности

After Museum Heist, Syrian Cultural Authorities Face Scrutiny Over Lack of Transparency

11/13/2025

Syria’s Ministry of Culture yesterday appeared to publish details of the artifacts stolen from the Damascus National Museum on Sunday, only to delete the brief statement several hours later. The now-removed post has intensified demands for transparency over what was …

Метки : сириямузейкражаартефактыбезопасностьюнеско

Fictional Art Heist on 'High Potential' Recalls Louvre Theft

11/13/2025

Reality sometimes really is stranger than fiction, as was the case when one television series released an episode about a high-profile art heist involving a Rembrandt a week after a theft at the Louvre captured global attention. The ABC series, …

Метки : искусствокражарембрандтсериалрасследованиезагадка

Heist at National Museum of Damascus Spurs Search for Missing Artifacts

11/12/2025

The National Museum of Damascus closed temporarily this week following the audacious theft of several artifacts from its classical department, Syrian cultural authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Established in 1919, the museum houses thousands of antiquities spanning from prehistory through the …

Метки : музейкража#культурасирияохранавосстановление

A Stolen Painting of St. Francis Is Returned to a Mexico Church

11/12/2025

A church in Mexico has been reunited with a painting of Saint Francis of Assisi, its namesake, that was stolen nearly a quarter-century ago. Thieves entered the Church of San Francisco de Asis in Teotihuacán, about 25 miles northeast of …

Метки : церковьискусствокражавосстановление#культураистория.