Man Agrees to Plead Guilty in Basquiat Artwork Fraud Scheme April 13, 2023 By Stefanie Dazio LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme...
Art Collector Says Van Gogh on Display in Detroit Museum Was Stolen From Him January 13, 2023 By David Welch In October, the Detroit Institute of Arts pulled back the curtains on its three-month Van Gogh exhibit, proudly boasting that...
Fraudsters Posing as Art Dealer Got Gallery to Pay Millions January 30, 2020 By Ellen Milligan Hackers posing as a veteran London art dealer tricked a Dutch museum buying a John Constable painting into paying 2.4...
Stolen Meteorite Recovered in New Mexico January 13, 2012 A meteorite that landed in Russia in the 1940s and was recently stolen from the University of New Mexico in...
Fire Hits Building at Mass. Living History Museum November 21, 2011 A straw roof that caught on fire during a cooking demonstration at the Plimoth Plantation living history museum in Massachusetts...
Mississippi Museum Gets City’s Help to Stay Open October 11, 2011 The Biloxi City Council has voted 6-1 to support the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. Mayor A.J. Holloway said after Thursday’s...
Man Steals 8-Foot Whale Tooth from Norway Museum September 2, 2011 The tooth fairy in disguise? No, just a simple tooth thief. A man dressed in a black leather hat and...
Fire Burns at Colorado’s Frisco Historic Park and Museum June 20, 2011 Frisco police are investigating what caused a fire at one of the buildings at the Frisco Historic Park and Museum....