AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Thieves stole a painting by Dutch Golden-Age master Frans Hals from a small museum near the Dutch city of Utrecht on Thursday, police said, the third time the canvas has been stolen. The artwork, valued at 15 million euros ($18 million) b... More »
(Reuters) – Thieves stole “Two Laughing Boys” by Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals from a small museum near the Dutch city of Utrecht, police said on Thursday. The painting, dating from 1626, has been stolen twice before in its four-century history, includin... More »
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Thieves stole bronze sculptures and etchings by surrealist artist Salvador Dali from a gallery in Stockholm in a smash and grab raid in the early hours of Thursday. The Couleur gallery, in Stockholm’s upmarket Ostermalm district, was hold... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A man who stole a Russian masterpiece worth about $1 million from a Moscow art gallery in broad daylight in January was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday. Police arrested Denis Chuprikov after he was caught on camera taking the... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police have recovered a painting by prominent artist Arkhip Kuindzhi stolen from a Moscow gallery on Sunday and detained the suspected thief, TASS state news agency said on Monday, citing a police official. A 31-year-old man told pol... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A 20th century landscape painting by a Russian artist was stolen from a Moscow art gallery in a brazen act of theft during an exhibition, police said on Sunday. A museum employee called in to say video surveillance footage showed the thieves... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Four men went on trial on Thursday for stealing a gold coin the size of a manhole cover from one of Germany’s flagship museums in a daring night-time heist using a ladder and a wheelbarrow. German authorities believe the 100 kg (220 pound) C... More »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government unveiled a plan on Thursday to step up use of the armed forces to combat fuel theft, vowing to root out corrupt officials it says are largely responsible for a problem that has cost the country billions of dollars. P... More »
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian police are searching for three suspects after a painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir valued at up to 160,000 euros ($180,600) was stolen from a Vienna auction house during opening hours. “Golfe, mer, falaises vertes”, a lesser-known la... More »
German authorities have recovered a cache of stolen artworks by neo-expressionist painter Georg Baselitz worth 2.5 million euros ($2.97 million) after the thieves tried to sell some of them, police said on Tuesday. More »
FILE PHOTO: Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency and former Walt Disney Company president arrives for the the annual Allen and Co. media conference Sun Valley, Idaho July 7, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo A former Los Angeles art dealer wh... More »
FILE PHOTO – Picture taken in Vienna, Austria on June 25, 2010 shows experts of an Austrian art forwarding company holding one of the world’s largest gold coins, a 2007 Canadian $ 1,000,000 ”Big Maple Leaf”. An identical coin was stolen from Berlin’s Bode Muse... More »
The superstar racehorse Varenne, who was so popular in the early 2000s that commentators joked he should be named foreign minister. REUTERS/Stringer A prize-winning racehorse dubbed the “Blonde Bombshell” and a thoroughbred colt were stolen from their stables ... More »
Ben Weyts of NVA reacts during a plenary session at the Belgian Parliament, November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Laurent Dubrule A Belgian minister arrived by bike to a news conference to promote cycling on Tuesday, only to find it had been stolen when he left half an h... More »
ROME Five frescoed stone slabs stolen from a tomb in the ancient city of Paestum and trafficked by a notorious artifact smuggler went on display in Italy on Thursday after a 10-year investigation. Police were led to the pieces, all dating from around 400 BC, a... More »
