The Association for Research into Crimes against Art
The Quest for Justice
Criminal acts against works of art happen more frequently than the public imagines.The stories of these objects range from the dramatic to the all but forgotten. Art works are plundered during war, dug up for profit, stolen from museums, laundered on the art market and sometimes held as collateral by organised crime groups. Art will always attract criminals. Not because criminals are charmed or fascinated by it more than other people, but because with it, there will always be a market.
Art and Antiquities Crime News
Understanding the chiaroscuro context of art crime and statistics
CINOA Art and Crime Statistics Market Opacity Erika Bochereau, the Secretary General of the Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Œuvres d’Art (CINOA), a trade organization for art and antiques dealers, has written a response to a recent report by ILLICID,...
Censorship by the Oxford University or by Dirk Obbink’s law team?
Dead Sea Scrolls Theft Arrest On 16 April Lois Helsop at The Oxford Blue broke the news of that Thames Valley police had arrested American papyrologist Dr. Dirk Obbink, an associate professor in papyrology and Greek literature at Oxford University, on 2 March 2020....
Dirk Obbink arrested on suspicion of ancient papyrus theft
TheftEES Arrests It has now been made public, by the Oxford Blue that American papyrologist Dr. Dirk Obbink, an associate professor in papyrology and Greek literature at Oxford University, was taken into custody on 2 March 2020 by the Thames Valley police on suspicion...
Christie’s admits to failing to register to collect New York and local sales tax despite legal obligation to do so
Christie's Deferred prosecution NY/DA's Office In a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the auction powerhouse Christie's has agreed to pay up to $16.7 million in sales tax, penalties and interest over a two-year period to the state of New York. The firms unlucky legal...
A culture of impunity on the cultural causalities of war
Twice in the span of only 24 hours, the current president of the United States has implied that in the event of retaliation against the killing in Baghdad of General Qassem Soleimani, the cultural sites of Iran would be fair game as military targets. Please read...
Noah Charney, leading expert on art crime and founder of ARCA, will teach at ARCA’s 2020 Postgraduate Program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection
By Edgar Tijhuis This year, the ARCA Postgraduate Program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection will be held from May 28 through August 12, 2020 in the beautiful heart of Umbria in Amelia, Italy. In the months leading up to the start of the program, this...
Marc Masurovsky returns to Amelia this summer to teach “Provenance Research, Theory and Practice” at ARCA’s Postgraduate Program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection
This year, ARCA and the US-based Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP) will again host a standalone course joined to the Amelia conference titled “Provenance and the Challenges of Recovering Looted Assets” taught by Marc Masurovsky, co-founder of HARP, and former...
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