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Stealing the Spotlight: Art Thefts of 2011, by fingerz on Aug 5, 2011 7:54:34 GMT 1, The year 2011 has already seen an unprecedented number “art steals” making headlines - and we’re not referring to bargains on the auction house floor. The FBI estimates that the black market for stolen art is worth a staggering $6 billion a year, and it’s #4 (under financial crime) on Interpol’s rank of the most serious criminal activity - after terrorism, organized crime, and drugs. When MutualArt interviewed Art Loss Register chairman Julian Radcliffe last November, he stated there were 250,000 items in the database and this number “grows continually at a rate of some 10,000 per anum.”
This year it seems the most prevalent cases deal with artworks looted by the Nazis, involve heists where the art is literally snatched off the walls, or are accidental discoveries by police investigating other crimes. As for the most pilfered artist: Picasso (surprise) tops the list for looters; as of November, he had the highest number of registered stolen works on ALR’s database.
Without further ado, here is MutualArt’s list of the biggest “steals” in the spotlight this year...so far. Here’s hoping we won’t have to add to this list, unless of course it means the capture of more fugitive war criminals (see Serbia, below).
www.mutualart.com/OpenArticle/Stealing-the-Spotlight--Art-Thefts-of-20/261F2037232C7AD7?utm_source=newsletter_b&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_artfocus
The year 2011 has already seen an unprecedented number “art steals” making headlines - and we’re not referring to bargains on the auction house floor. The FBI estimates that the black market for stolen art is worth a staggering $6 billion a year, and it’s #4 (under financial crime) on Interpol’s rank of the most serious criminal activity - after terrorism, organized crime, and drugs. When MutualArt interviewed Art Loss Register chairman Julian Radcliffe last November, he stated there were 250,000 items in the database and this number “grows continually at a rate of some 10,000 per anum.” This year it seems the most prevalent cases deal with artworks looted by the Nazis, involve heists where the art is literally snatched off the walls, or are accidental discoveries by police investigating other crimes. As for the most pilfered artist: Picasso (surprise) tops the list for looters; as of November, he had the highest number of registered stolen works on ALR’s database. Without further ado, here is MutualArt’s list of the biggest “steals” in the spotlight this year...so far. Here’s hoping we won’t have to add to this list, unless of course it means the capture of more fugitive war criminals (see Serbia, below). www.mutualart.com/OpenArticle/Stealing-the-Spotlight--Art-Thefts-of-20/261F2037232C7AD7?utm_source=newsletter_b&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_artfocus |
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Stealing the Spotlight: Art Thefts of 2011, by xmyart on Aug 5, 2011 11:12:18 GMT 1, impressive stuff. And the usual political skulduggery by the looks of it. The Steindorff collection should be left where it is if thats what the heir wants no?
impressive stuff. And the usual political skulduggery by the looks of it. The Steindorff collection should be left where it is if thats what the heir wants no?
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Stealing the Spotlight: Art Thefts of 2011, by alistairkhalil on Aug 5, 2011 12:21:45 GMT 1, oright fingerz!
oright fingerz!
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Stealing the Spotlight: Art Thefts of 2011, by fingerz on Aug 5, 2011 12:53:53 GMT 1,
oright geezer .... ;D
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