ArtsproofVan Dyck painting thieves escaped in a boat — or do they?Art burglars who stole a work by 17th Century master Anthony Van Dyck may have used a boat to escape after the heist, police have said.Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020
ArtsproofThief Walks Out of Gallery With a $20,000 Salvador Dalí EtchingAn employee of the San Francisco gallery turned his back for a moment. When he looked again, the work had vanished.Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019
ArtsproofA French lawyer allegedly stole her client’s $22-million Yves Klein painting.France’s judicial police have opened an investigation into a woman’s allegation that her former attorney stole her Yves Klein painting…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
ArtsproofJapanese museum demands compensation before it will return stolen £1m painting to family of…A Japanese museum is refusing to return a £1 million Joshua Reynolds painting stolen from a Sussex home in 1984 unless it receives “just…Sep 11, 2019Sep 11, 2019
ArtsproofThe Flower portrait is the name of one of the painted portraits of William Shakespeare — but it’s…A portrait of William Shakespeare signed with a date of 1609 was long considered by many to be a rare depiction of the English playwright…Sep 1, 2019Sep 1, 2019
ArtsproofPolice looking for $50,000 in stolen paintingsThe Pima County Sheriff’s Department is on the lookout for roughly $50,000 worth of paintings stolen from a northside home earlier this…Aug 20, 2019Aug 20, 2019
ArtsproofA Delacroix painting found in the living room of a Parisian familyThe lost painting was a preparatory study for the masterpiece Les Femmes d’Alger dans leur Appartement (1833), which has been exposed in…Jul 1, 2019Jul 1, 2019
ArtsproofA stolen painting by Nazi is to be returned to Italy by GermanyGermany stated on June 29th that it will return to the Uffizi Gallery “Vase of Flowers” by Jan Van Huysum. The oil-painting, a still-life…Jun 30, 2019Jun 30, 2019
ArtsproofA Caravaggio painting sold to a mystery buyer before the auctionThe Auction taking place in the South of France would have been the most important one ever organized there. Yet, just before the auction…Jun 27, 2019Jun 27, 2019
ArtsproofPreaching of Saint Vincent FerrierThe painting Preaching of Saint Vincent Ferrier (1515-1520) realized by the forgotten artist Nicolas Cordonnier has been discovered in Pau…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
