Art & Crime
One of Mark Rothko’s famous Seagram murals was defaced by a man at the Tate Modern on Sunday afternoon, according to multiple reports. The man tagged a name — Vladimir Umanets — accompanied by the bizarre phrase “a...
Police in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania have made meager progress in the search for a portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin that was stolen from a home in nearby Bryn Mawr. Also missing is an autographed picture of the German-American composer Victor Herbert,...
ZARAGOZA, Spain — In what appears to be one art lover's grassroots attempt to restore Elias Garcia Martinez’s fresco “Ecce Homo” in the Sanctuary of the town of Borja’s Mercy Church near Zaragoza, Spain, a retiree took out her paint brushes and all but...
Back in May, two paintings by the artist Peter Howson were pilfered from the Art Mart, the storefront of Edinburgh art dealer Douglas Fyfe. The thieves were easily caught. However, after a hearing yesterday in the Scottish burg, a new wrinkle...
Exactly what compelled Australian lawyer Michael Gerard Sullivan to steal two paintings from the Katoomba Fine Art Gallery in Leura, New South Whales, in 2008 may remain a mystery, because he claims he has no memory of the theft.Sullivan could not, however,...
Not even a two-year jail sentence will silence the Russian anarcha-punk band Pussy Riot. Mere days after their sentencing, members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich sound off with a new song. “Putin...
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With the swirl of statements, celebrity readings, and protests in support of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot surrounding their sentence of two years in prison camp in punishment for “hooliganism” that was announced today, it’s easy to forget that...
Exactly what compelled Australian lawyer Michael Gerard Sullivan to steal two paintings from the Katoomba Fine Art Gallery in 2008 may remain a mystery, because he claims he has no memory of the theft.Mr. Sullivan could not, however, deny that he committed...
More than 200 art works have disappeared from Turkey’s State Art and Sculpture Museum, located in the capital, Ankara, according to a report published by the government’s Culture and Tourism ministry, and uncovered by daily paper the Milliyet on Tuesday...
MOSCOW — The first week of the Pussy Riot hearing is over, and after six months of the band's illegal detention, the trial has consisted of five days that make a mockery of common sense in the courtroom. As the farce continues, the international artistic...
