Paintings from Rs 200-crore collection go missing from Air India’s Mumbai headquarters
Loss discovered when artist Jatin Das was asked to authenticate a painting prior to sale and he knew it was meant to be with the airline.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Turns Over His Picasso And Basquiat Paintings To U.S. Gov’t For Massive Malaysian Corruption Case
It’s the same case – the alleged theft of $540 million from 1MDB, the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund – that has the Justice Dept. trying to acquire the rights to such films as Dumb and Dumber To and The Wolf of Wall Street (which starred DiCaprio).
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Officials fence in seized stone idols at Egmore govt museum
More than 250 confiscated idols are in the space but there has been criticism of their upkeep.
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Two Nooses Discovered at Smithsonian Museums This Week
One at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, one at the Hirshhorn.
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Rare historic coins return to Salzburg Museum 70 years after they were looted
“After purchasing the coins, the ANS began making inquiries in Austria to trace the legitimate owner.”
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Thieves steal 6th-century ornament from Pompeii
A bronze piece that was part of a display and was on loan from the Potenzas archaeological museum.
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How Egypt plans to crack down on antiquities theft
Life in prison for antiquities looting and sale is excessive, but there you go.
Read morePrecious locket of Ambalappuzha temple goes missing; probe on
Police have not yet confirmed the theft and there is some allegation that the temple hid the incident
Read moreTurkish gendarmerie confiscate smuggled Picasso painting in Erzurum
The article says the piece maybe came from an Iraqi museum but I think we’d all be surprised to find that the pictured is a real Picasso.
Read moreLA Gallery Says It Was Sold Forged Warhols
Revolver Gallery has filed suit against Brian and Ana Walshe for passing off alleged Warhol fakes.
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