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fromHyperallergic
21 hours ago

David Wojnarowicz in the Age of Surveillance

Happy New Year! Our first book reviews of 2026 are here, beginning with critic Bridget Quinn. There's a special place in hell for Pablo Picasso, but you probably already knew that. Because the conversation tends to stop there, what you may not have known are the names of some of the women whose artistic legacies have long been overshadowed by his: Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, and Jacqueline Roque.
Arts
#museum-theft
#louvre-heist
fromFortune
2 months ago
France news

Louvre jewels mystery deepens: Experts warn what could happen to the $100 million in missing artifacts now | Fortune

fromPBS News
2 months ago
France news

What will happen to the jewels stolen from the Louvre Museum? Here's where they might end up

fromAP News
2 months ago
France news

Speculation grows around whether the Louvre's stolen jewels could end up on the market

fromFortune
2 months ago
France news

Louvre jewels mystery deepens: Experts warn what could happen to the $100 million in missing artifacts now | Fortune

fromPBS News
2 months ago
France news

What will happen to the jewels stolen from the Louvre Museum? Here's where they might end up

fromAP News
2 months ago
France news

Speculation grows around whether the Louvre's stolen jewels could end up on the market

#louvre-theft
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Louvre Museum closes after theft

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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

FBI returns stolen document signed by conquistador Hernan Cortes to Mexico

Nearly five centuries after Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes signed a priceless manuscript page, it has been returned by the FBI to Mexico after being stolen from national archives.
History
World news
fromFortune
5 months ago

FBI returns priceless stolen Hernan Cortes manuscript to Mexico

FBI returned a manuscript page signed by Hernán Cortés to Mexico after it was stolen decades ago.
#theft
fromThe Mercury News
5 months ago
Real estate

East Bay resident charged with stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from university

An East Bay resident was charged with stealing over $200,000 of rare Chinese manuscripts from a university library.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
7 months ago
Canada news

Canadian man jailed for stealing famous Winston Churchill photograph that features on UK banknotes

A man was sentenced to nearly two years for stealing a famous photograph of Winston Churchill.
The theft highlights the importance of trust in preserving national artifacts.
fromFast Company
5 months ago

He went undercover to catch art thieves. Now he's using tech to stop forgeries

Daniel Elie Bouaziz was sentenced to prison for money laundering after his Palm Beach gallery sold forgeries of famous artists like Georgia O'Keeffe and Banksy, aided by fake documents.
Artificial intelligence
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
7 months ago

Bargain Hunt expert jailed for selling art to suspected Hezbollah financier

A former Bargain Hunt art expert was sentenced to prison for selling art linked to a Hezbollah financier.
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