Blog Profile / ARCAblog
| URL : | http://art-crime.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Arts | |
| Posts on Regator: | 477 | |
| Posts / Week: | 4.9 | |
| Archived Since: | July 9, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Padma Kaimal, author of "Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis" traveled to museums to study the legacy from a lost temple in South India
Kait Murphy (ARCA '11) in front of 10th century
Kanchipuram yoginiat the Sackler Galleries of Art inWashington D.C.
Kait Murphy
(ARCA 2011) interviews Padma Kaimal, the Author of “Scattered Goddesses: Travels with the Yoginis” which
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Scottish Museums Close Tomorrow Morning as Part of a Three-Day Strike for Better Pay & Pensions
Last month the Louvre staff protested against pickpockets (following a series of strikes in 1999 and 2009 against reductions in staff). This month, the staff of two Edinburgh museums will begin a three-day strike tomorrow for betterShow More Summary
The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her thief, The True Story Headed to Biografilm Festival in Bologna in June
The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, The True Story, the documentary about the 1911 theft of Leonardo da Vinci's now famous portrait of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo from the Louvre, premiered in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hills Film...Show More Summary
Decanter.com's John Stimpfig spotlights "The Wine Forger's Handbook" by wine journalist Stuart George and ARCA Founder Noah Charney
Wine connoisseur John Stimpfig spotlights the The Wine Forger's Handbook by wine journalist Stuart George and ARCA Founder Noah Charney in Decanter.com, the online publication of the international wine magazine: The slim volume gives...Show More Summary
Boston Globe's Todd Wallack on "Prized stolen art frequently resurfaces after decades"
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)Painting of William Ponsonby,Second Earl of Bessborough, 1790 The Boston Globe's Todd Wallack points to the increased chance of recovery stolen art years after the theft in "Prized stolen art frequently...Show More Summary
Two years after the Stolen Aphrodite is returned, the Getty Museum Exhibits Objects from Sicily with the cooperation of the Italian Government
About two years ago, The Getty Museum returned a Greek statue (formerly known as Aphrodite) to Sicily and appointed James Cuno as chief of the institution infamously associated with stolen antiquities. Today one of the world's richest cultural institutions is cooperating with Italian authorities. Show More Summary
Norway Celebrates 150 Anniversary of Munch's birth; BBC Broadcast Interviewed Charley Hill last February on the Successful Return of The Scream in 1994
Celebrating the 150 anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, the National Museum and Munch Museum in Norway will exhibit more than 200 of the artist's paintings in "Munch 150" on June 2. Here's a link to a BBC World Service broadcast last heard in February near the anniversary of the 1994 theft of Edvard Munch's The Scream. Show More Summary
Raintree Publishes "Treasure Hunters Great Art Thefts" by Charlotte Guillain for Juvenile Market
by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA blog Editor
Raintree, an imprint of Capstone Global Library out of Chicago, has published a book in its series on Treasure Hunters introducing the subject of art theft to middle-school readers.
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Shipwreck Exhibit to Open End of the Month in NYC
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NasdaqCM: OMEX) will exhibit silver recovered from the submerged ruins of a World War II at the show "Shipwreck!" in New York City's Discovery Times Square beginning May 24. The company's press release...Show More Summary
Lion Attacking A Horse Ends Exhibit at Getty Villa; First Time 4th Century BC Greek Statue has been on display since 1925
Lion Attacking a Horse in the atrium at the Getty Villa
(Photo by Catherine Sezgin)
Today the 4th century BC Greek statue, Lion Attacking a Horse, ended its nine-month exhibition in the atrium of the Getty Villa.
This is the first time...Show More Summary
ARCA Alum Leila Amineddoleh Begins First Month as Executive Director for the Lawyer's Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation
by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief Leila Amineddoleh (Cappadocia) Leila Amineddoleh (ARCA Alum '10) is the new Executive Director for the Lawyer's Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation as of April 1. Ms. Amineddoleh is of counsel at Lombard & Geliebter LLP and Adjunct Professor at Fordham University School of Law. Show More Summary
B. A. Shapiro invents a fifth version of Degas' "After the Bath" in the book "The Art Forger" which focuses on the Boston art world and the 1990 theft of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
B. A. Shapiro's The Art Forger (Algonquin Books, 2012) mixes elements with the 1990 theft of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Theft with the Boston art world and art forgery. Ms. Shapiro uses a fictional painting by Edgar Degas, After the...Show More Summary
Quebec's Art Crime Enforcement Unit Reports Recovery of Stolen Domingue Painting
On January 14, Quebec's art crime enforcement unit, a partnership between the province's police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, reported the theft of "Rue Richard", an 18 by 24 cm watercolor by artist Maurice Domingue.
Today Art...Show More Summary
Our condolences, Boston
Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937Reina Sofia Museum
Boston hosts great art museums, world-class universities, and a great Marathon. Institutions like the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum close on race day. This year more than half a million...Show More Summary
American Institute for Roman Culture To Host Third Annual UNLISTED Conference on Archaeological Cultural Heritage
"Cultural Heritage in Digital Media: Conversation for Conversation, Sustaining Global Storytelling Online" is the subject for the third annual UNLISTED conference to be sponsored by the American Institute for Roman Culture. This program,...Show More Summary
Kunsthal Rotterdam: Art Gallery Robbed Last October to Close for Six Months to go "green"
The Kunsthal Rotterdam robbed last October will close from June to October 2013 for planned reconstruction works, according to the email send out yesterday. During these months, overdue maintenance will be realised, the main entrance relocated, technical installations renewed, and the sustainability of the entire building shall be improved. Show More Summary
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: How has the institution faired more than two decades after the theft? Former Undersecretary for Homeland Security Juliette Kayyman wrote about this last year
Here's an article overlooked by the ARCA Blog last year: In the Boston Globe, a former Undersecretary for Home Security, Juliette Kayyem, wrote in March 2012 of the "Gardner's narrative of resiliency" on the new addition to the institution: In...Show More Summary
The Buddhas of Mes Aynak: Kickstart Funds Used to Purchase Computers and Cameras for Afghan Archaeology Office in Kabul
New computer at Afghan Archaeology Office in Kabul (Photo via The Buddhas of Aynak on Facebook) Documentarian Brent E. Huffman raised $35,200 on Kickstart for The Buddhas of Mes Aynak. On Friday he announced on Facebook (The BuddhasShow More Summary
Rijksmuseum Reopens Today after $480 ten year renovation
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Photo: Telegraph) Queen Beatrix reopened the Rijksmuseum today amidst fireworks and a queque of people waiting to enter the museum for free after a ten year $480 million renovation designed by Spanish architects Cruz and Ortiz: The museum covers 800 years of Dutch history through 8,000 objects, distributed through 80 rooms. Show More Summary
German Government Agrees to Return Oskar Kokoschka's "Portrait of Tilla Durieux" to Flechtheim's Heirs
Oskar Kokoschka's "Portrait of Tilla Durieux" (1910)
Museum Ludwig/Marcus Stroetzel via Bloomberg
The ARCA Blog mentioned Alfred Flechtheim and a painting by Oskar Kokoschka in November 2010 when German forgers were suspected of using...Show More Summary