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  • May 2008

    • Muted By Thieves, Scream Returns at Full Volume

      CNN  |  May 23, 08 4:45 PM CDT

      Muted By Thieves, Scream Returns at Full Volume

      (Newser) - Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream is hanging again in an Oslo museum today, 4 years after armed robbers stole it in broad daylight, CNN reports. The painting has been undergoing restoration since it was retrieved in 2006. It was structurally damaged, stained, scratched (exposing cardboard beneath the paint) and “considerably” dirtier, curators say, but “the artistic value … has not been reduced.” More »

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  • February 2008

    • Stolen Art Found in Parking Lot

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 19, 08 6:55 AM CST

      Stolen Art Found in Parking Lot

      (Newser) - The four 19th-century paintings stolen from a Swiss museum have reportedly been found in an unlocked car parked outside a Zurich psychiatric hospital. Although police have not yet confirmed the find, Swiss media are reporting that the $168 million worth of loot—one work each by Cézanne, Degas, Monet, and van Gogh—has been recovered. The paintings were stolen by masked gunmen on February 10. More »

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      art  • painting  • Switzerland  • art theft  • Vincent Van Gogh  • art heist  • Monet  • Cézanne  • Degas  • Zurich

    • $160M in Art Stolen in Zurich

      BBC  |  Feb 11, 08 9:10 AM CST

      $160M in Art Stolen in Zurich

      (Newser) - A gang of armed art thieves absconded with four masterpieces by Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, and Cezanne worth $160 million from a Zurich museum yesterday. The brazen daytime robbery follows a theft of two Picassos in Switzerland just two days earlier. The three masked thieves confronted a guard with guns, grabbed the paintings, and took off in a white vehicle, said authorities, who described the operation as a "spectacular" heist. More »

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      art  • painting  • theft  • art theft  • Vincent Van Gogh  • art heist  • Monet  • Cezanne  • Degas

  • December 2007

    • Bangladesh in Frenzied Search for Stolen Art

      Reuters  |  Dec 24, 07 11:34 AM CST

      Bangladesh in Frenzied Search for Stolen Art

      (Newser) - Bangladesh has mounted a massive hunt for two priceless artifacts that went missing yesterday at the Dhaka airport, Reuters reports. The statues of the Hindu god Vishnu, sculpted 1,500 years ago, were on their way to an exhibition at a Paris museum. Bangladeshi authorities have detained 12 suspects and stopped the shipment to France while the investigation continues. More »

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      art  • Paris  • theft  • Bangladesh  • art theft  • art heist  • Vishnu

    • Thieves Nab a Picasso in Museum Heist

      Associated Press  |  Dec 21, 07 8:48 AM CST

      Thieves Nab a Picasso in Museum Heist

      (Newser) - Thieves broke into Latin America's foremost museum early yesterday and stole two paintings in a 3-minute heist. They made off with a Picasso portrait and a work by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari from Brazil's São Paulo Museum of Art, the AP reports. The thieves skipped several major works and grabbed only the two canvases, hung far apart, leading police to conclude they were stolen on demand. More »

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      art  • Brazil  • painting  • theft  • art theft  • art heist  • Sao Paulo  • Picasso  • Candido Portinari

  • August 2007

    • Art Heist at French Museum

      AFP  |  Aug 6, 07 8:29 AM CDT

      Art Heist at French Museum

      (Newser) - Hooded gunmen stormed a French museum in Nice yesterday afternoon and stole two Brueghel masterpieces, a Sisley, and a Monet. The thieves ordered employees to lie on the floor before stuffing the paintings in bags and fleeing. Police believe the heist was a "special order" for a private buyer because the works are too famous to be sold on the market. More »

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      France  • art  • painting  • robbery  • art museum  • art heist

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