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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A looted antiquity. A plundered painting. A provenance that doesn’t add up. Learn to ask the questions that matter. Join ARCA’s postgraduate certificate programmes in Amelia, Italy, in summer 2027. www.artcrimeresearch.org/postgraduate...

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This list of artefacts continues to expand.

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INTERPOL @interpol.int · 08/09/2026

Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France have been added to our Stolen Works of Art database. 🎨 Madame Colonna Romano 🖼️ Femme au puits While fleeing, the thieves abandoned two other paintings in the museum garden, which have been retrieved. 🔗 www.interpol.int/Crimes/Cultu...

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Paintings stolen have been identified. All were loans from the Musée d’Orsay.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Paintings have been identified, all three are loans from the Musée d’Orsay.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I don't even know where to start on all that is wrong with this provenance.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On the banks of the Trisuli river, a monk who lit diyas and chanted a hymn to bring peace to the departed souls. #PrayforNepal

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Basta! Prima Dolly and poi Kusama? Non ne posso più! 😢

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INTERPOL @interpol.int · 28/08/2026

The necklace stolen from an exhibit at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts has been added to our Stolen Works of Art database by Austrian authorities. The piece, adorned with 673 diamonds, once belonged to Queen Nazli of Egypt. www.interpol.int/Crimes/Cultu...

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If Crassus’s punishment were legal...

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Just days after the recovery of three important artworks in Italy, a new art theft has struck Sicily during Italy's Ferragosto holiday. art-crime.blogspot.com/2026/08/ferr...

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Ferragosto Holiday Theft in Messina: Major Works by Antonello da Messina Stolen from the Museo Accascina

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

News reports indicate that the artworks were located during a search of a residence and that 9 people of Moldovan origin, are currently under investigation. The suspects have been described as experienced offenders, although not as specialists in art thefts carried out on commission.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Wow Google is completely broken right now, never seen it broken this bad before. You can't search for recent content. Try filtering "Past 24 hours" or even "Past week", it will give you pages from months and even years ago.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Does anyone have a copy of the April 1984 edition of Architectual Digest?

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A NY gallery identified as Antiquarium Ltd has surrendered 20 valuable ancient artifacts linked to Douglas A.J. Latchford, according to court documents filed last week. Given their dealings with Latchford, the Aboutaams, and Almagià, they are one I'd watch. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/a...

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New York Gallery Surrenders 20 Artifacts Thought Looted From Cambodia

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Reilly Clark's Cultural Capital: African Art, Repatriation, and Restitution is out on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Ji... The documentary takes viewers inside the Met, the Brooklyn Museum, and beyond to trace the lives of looted African objects which have been transformed into commodities.

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Cultural Capital: African Art, Repatriation, and Restitution

YouTube video by Reilly Clark

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Hassan Fazili, Robin Symes, Jonathan Tokeley-Parry, and Ali Aboutaam. Men who believed every object deserved a better story, especially if it increased their sale price. All are survived by artefacts which nervously await re-examination of their pedigree.

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Chinese Porcelain Theft at Princessehof: A Suspect Arrested After Three Years. Four porcelain objects remain missing. art-crime.blogspot.com/2026/05/chin...

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Chinese Porcelain Theft at Princessehof: A Suspect Arrested After Three Years

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

ARCA's call for abstracts is still open for our annial Amelia conference: www.artcrimeresearch.org/annual-inter... If you would like to submit an abtract this year, send it and your CV to italy.conference@artcrimeresearch.org

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ARCA’s 16th annual Amelia Conference on Art Crime | ARCA – Association for Research into Crimes against Art

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Hospitals are targets of ransomware attacks because they rely on constant access to patient data and critical systems. When systems are locked, care can be disrupted, creating pressure to restore operations quickly. Seems hackers are toying with museums now. www.corriere.it/cronache/26_...

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

From Explosion to Recovery: Authorities Set Press Conference for 2pm on Recovered Dacian Gold Stolen from the Drents Museum. art-crime.blogspot.com/2026/04/from...

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From Explosion to Recovery: Authorities Set Press Conference on Recovered Dacian Gold Stolen from the Drents Museum

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Canada has carried out its first-ever official return of cultural artifacts to Türkiye, following a ruling by the Federal Court of Canada that is being hailed as a milestone in international cultural heritage law. www.hurriyetdailynews.com/canada-retur...

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Canada returns historic artifacts to Türkiye

A federal court ruling enables the first official repatriation of cultural assets from Canada to Türkiye, reinforcing international legal cooperation against illicit trafficking

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The look on provenance researchers faces when a dealer says their antiquity is legit and the proof is: note on hotel stationary, but is dated before hotel was built, a dead man's attestation letter, a redacted invoice that looks like it came from the Epstein files. What's your favourite?

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This 3rd century CE alabaster statue base was found during an excavation conducted by an archaeological mission and stolen from the Temple of Awwam, known locally as al-Mahram Bilqîs. art-crime.blogspot.com/2026/03/neve...

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Never underestimate the power of reading new books to determine the outcomes of antiquities trafficking mysteries

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Thread: Never underestimate reading books to determine the outcomes of antiquities trafficking mysteries. Highlighted by @combatlooting.bsky.social , this inscribed 3rd century CE alabaster statue base was stolen during an excavation conducted at the Temple of Awwam, in Marib, Yemen. 1 of 3

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ARCA @arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The Man at the centre of one of Italy's biggest antiquities scandals, Gianfranco Becchina, has had his fortune restored. Should it have been? art-crime.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

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The Man at the Centre of one of Italy's Biggest Antiquities Scandals, Gianfranco Becchina, Has Had His Fortune Restored. Should It Have Been?

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Panama Papers Related: Christoph Zollinger, former co-owner of the scandal-ridden law firm Mossack Fonseca admits to aiding and abetting tax evasion. www.zdfheute.de/panorama/kri...

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Panama Papers: Geständnis im Prozess um Steuerhinterziehung

Ein Ex-Mitinhaber der Skandalkanzlei Mossack Fonseca räumt im Zusammenhang mit den Panama-Papers Beihilfe zur Steuerhinterziehung ein.

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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The story continues, the erotic scene mosaic, taken by a Wehrmacht officer in World War II is actually from a villa in the located in Rocca di Morro, a hamlet in the municipality of Folignano, (Ascoli Piceno) in Le Marche. www.finestresullarte.info/en/news/true...

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True provenance of mosaic with erotic scene delivered in 2025 to Pompeii discovered

Discovered the true provenance of the mosaic with erotic scene that had been returned in July 2025 to the Pompeii Archaeological Park. It did not come from the Vesuvian area, but from a Roman villa in...

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