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Art Scandal

$140 Million In Stolen Masterpieces Tossed In The Garbage?

Posted 12.10.2011 | Arts
Read More: Art Heist, Modern Art, Braque, Destroyed Art, Art Theft, Georges Braque, Garbage Art, Modigliani, Picasso, Heist, UK Arts, Leger, Matisse, Art Scandal, Paris Museum of Modern Art, Arts News

It was the perfect heist: sleeping museum guards, a broken alarm system, $140 million in loot, a police hunt that lasted over a year... there was just...

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Art Dealer Arrested For $2 Million Of Fake Art

Posted 11.16.2011 | Arts
Read More: Jackson Pollock, Forgeries, Vincent Van Gogh, Guggenheim, Fbi, Rothko, Van Gogh, Moma, Art Fake, Art Scam, Monet, Art Crime, Vero Beach, Forged, Matthew Taylor, Florida, Museum of Modern Art, Claude Monet, Pollock, Art Scandal, Fake, Arts News

Is the signature on your Monet a little too legible? It could be a fake; word is they're going around. A former art dealer was arrested in South F...

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Patrick Cariou On His Copyright Suit Victory Against Richard Prince & Gagosian

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Photography, French, Art, Copyright, Artinfo, Patrick-Cariou, Gagosian, Richard Prince, Appropriation, Copyrights Lawsuit, Deborah Batts, Art Controversy, Lawsuits, Art Scandal, Arts News
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NEW YORK--In a landmark decision handed down in spirited fashion last Friday, Manhattan federal court judge Deborah Batts ruled against Richard Prince...

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British Museum Director Fired & Alleged Of Theft

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Art, Artinfo, Treasure, Imperialism, Scandal, Theft, Plunder, British, British Museum, United Kingdom, Gareth Griffiths, Museums, British Empire, British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Art Scandal, Arts News
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Gareth Griffiths has been dismissed from his post as director of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum following accusations that he sold off ite...

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