art heist

The Apollo Gallery, Louvre Museum, Paris. Wikipedia.
What Happens to Stolen Art: The Louvre and Other Heists

The theft of royal jewelry, collectively valued at $102 million, from the…

Drents Museum exterior
Ancient Romanian Artifacts Stolen From Dutch Museum

Four Romanian artifacts were stolen this past…

Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh
Andy Warhol Screen Prints Stolen From Dutch Gallery

The Dutch MPV Gallery, located in the southern town of Oisterwijk, was the target of a semi-botched heist last Friday, November 1st, when CCTV caught thieves storming in at around…

Roman sculptural fragments of Mithras Slaying the Bull, recovered by the Carabinieri art theft squad in Fiumicino, 2014. License
The U.S. Returns $80 Million Worth of Stolen Artifacts to Italy

Around 600 antiquities, valued at an estimated $80 million,…