Tag: art heist
After series of thefts: Sir Mark Jones new director of the Bristish Museum – Culture
Ittai Gradel’s arrival in London this Wednesday is awaited with great excitement. The Danish art historian and antiques dealer is playing a key role in uncovering the unprecedented series of…
“There is still a lot of great art missing”
“Any actor who says he’s not vain is lying” The Saxon Tom Wlaschiha became known as a villain in international series. A conversation about a childhood in East Germany, the…
Stolen Pope’s pectoral cross was only secured by Plexiglas – Bavaria
The pectoral cross of Benedict XVI, stolen from the town church of St. Oswald in Traunstein on Monday afternoon, may not have been the most magnificent piece in the papal…
Smuggling: Bavarian authorities return cultural treasures to Italy – Bavaria
An illegally excavated Corinthian bronze helmet, coins stolen from an Italian museum: Bavaria has returned valuable art and cultural objects to Italy. Years ago they were stolen from Italian museums…
Amiens reclaims paintings of Madonna – Culture
March 21, 1918: The northern French city of Amiens was under German bombardment for a month. The works of art from the Musée de Picardie are brought to safety, including…
Theft of Banksy graffiti: Proceedings initiated – Culture
Proceedings have been opened against the man who is said to have stolen a mural by the British street artist near Kyiv. The Prosecutor General’s Office in Kyiv has launched…
Art theft of a Madonna in Munich with a happy ending – Munich
Some art thefts are so spectacular that they are remembered forever as art crimes. Many of the art treasures are rediscovered and returned home, others remain lost forever. And sometimes…
Marion Ackermann is the keeper of the returned treasure – Opinion
Of Verena Mayer The call that every museum director dreads came in the early morning of November 25, 2019. The head of security woke Marion Ackermann from her sleep and…
Breaking into the Green Vault: Deals with thieves
The jewelry from the Dresden art robbery is back in the Green Vault. But that has its price. source site
The Manching art robbery and the question of what does the police protect? – Munich
If you are interested in cultural treasures, one sentence is enough to startle you. After the Manching gold robbery, the reports on the night of the crime said: The responsible…