Art and Antiquities Theft Crime

Art and Antiquities Theft Crime

Art and Antiquities

The removal from their rightful owners or from archaeological sites of objects of artistic, historic or cultural value. This includes wartime looting of art and antiquities.

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World War II

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- Search for the world's most wanted art.
- An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.
- Librarian provides a bibliography and list of Internet resources on theft of antiquities.
- Indepth examination of some of the world's most famous artworks that have been stolen, including audio and video links to reports.
- Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus
- Database aiming to assist UK police in the recovery and return of stolen antiques and to enable auction houses, collectors and dealers to exercise due diligence.
- Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting.
- Human Rights Action pleads with the Kanazawa College of Arts in Japan to return an 11th-century iconic door looted from Cyprus. Includes photograph.
- Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting.
- Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft.
- Charlie Phillips investigates issues of cultural heritage management and preservation in India and Nepal through interviews nad research.
- Discusses problems of art theft during business hours and how museums and other facilities have responded.
- At University of Cambridge to research and highlight damage caused by looting of archaeological sites. Publishes periodical Culture Without Context. Information on latest news, events, information, legal conventions, resources.
- Giles Tremlett reports in the Guardian that Spanish police have captured 100 archaeological robbers in an operation that netted a vast haul of antiques up to 5,000 years old.
- A database with close-up photographs of objects. An independent resource dedicated to the retrieval of stolen artefacts through maximum publicity.
- Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite.
- This Belgian initiative aims to assist the police in Belgium and elsewhere in the recovery and return of stolen antiques. Register stolen art pieces. Newsletters.
- The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books.
- UK magazine in which stolen stolen art, antiques, collectables can be advertised. Or register their details on the ACTS database. Service, bulletin, becoming a partner, information resources.
- Yahoo discussion group on cultural property protection, disaster prevention, technology advances, museum security, response, and recovery.
- Two Turner paintings from the Tate galleries' collection, stolen while on display in Germany eight years ago, are found.
- The Hellenic Ministry of Culture rejoices in the recovery of the priceless collection of artifacts stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth in 1990. Illustrated catalogue.
- News reports of cultural property incidents, such as art theft, looting of art in wartime, fire and forgery worldwide.
- Dede Tisone-Bartels provides teacher's resources for considering the true ownership of works of art which have been taken from their place of origin to museums and collections around the world.
- Archaeology magazine feature article by Andrew Slayman on one of the largest recoveries of stolen art treasures.
- Site describes rationale, use and contacts for Object ID, an international standard for describing art, antiques and antiquities to combat theft.
- Studies by Christopher Chippindale and David Gill of the University of Wales Swansea on the material and intellectual consequences of collecting antiquities, with related links.

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