Explore: Art Theft

Art theft, sometimes called artnapping, is the stealing of paintings, sculptures, or other forms of visual art from galleries, museums or other public

Theft (from Old English þeofð, cognate to thief) is the act of taking another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent

estimated the value of the theft at $200 million and raised the estimate to $500 million by 2000. In the late 2000s, some art dealers suggested that the

Retrieved December 23, 2024. Beckett, Lois (January 29, 2022). "'Huge mess of theft and fraud:' artists sound alarm as NFT crime proliferates". The Guardian

to prison, but the people who had ordered the theft were never brought to justice. This case of art theft is unique in that the paintings were recovered

The theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg was perpetrated by United States Army Lieutenant Joe T. Meador in the days prior to the end of World War II

facilities were destroyed. The total cost of German Nazi theft and destruction of Polish art is estimated at 20 billion dollars, or an estimated 43 percent

looting has been organized, with, in some cases, Russian art experts participating in the theft, and directing Russian soldiers as to which pieces to steal

Stéphane Breitwieser (born 1 October 1971) is a French art thief and author, notorious for his art thefts between 1995 and 2001. He admitted to stealing 239

publicity for an art theft, and led to the publication of many cultural depictions such as the 1915 opera Mona Lisa, two early 1930s films (The Theft of the Mona