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- Ten Daring Art Thefts of the 20th Century - History Collection
Proof of paintings was requested and led to a locker at Montreal’s Central Station where one of the missing paintings was recovered A meetup was setup to exchange the ransom for the art but the thieves called off the meeting when a neighborhood police car drove past the location
- 10 famous works of art that were stolen and then recovered . . . - Stacker
Stacker consulted news outlets, government agencies, and various art forums to compile a list of 10 famous artworks by artists from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas that at some point in history—and for some of these works at multiple points in history—were stolen
- From Stolen Heritage to Restitution: The Story Behind Looted Art
Aiming to correct past injustices and provide closure to individuals and communities affected by cultural theft, efforts to identify and return stolen heritage goods to their owners of origin have gained spotlight recently
- List of stolen paintings - Wikipedia
The US FBI maintains a list of "Top Ten Art Crimes"; [1] a 2006 book by Simon Houpt, [2] a 2018 book by Noah Charney, [3] and several other media outlets have profiled the most significant outstanding losses
- A reckoning over looted art - The Week
In recent weeks, U S investigators have seized from American museums ancient Roman sculptures thought to have been looted from Turkey in the 1960s and paintings by expressionist Egon Schiele,
- Stolen Art: Historical, Cultural, and Legal Perspectives on Contested . . .
Public fascination with art and heritage theft and destruction is evident from their almost daily coverage by media sources This course will delve into intriguing legal, ethical, political, historical, cultural, and financial questions about contested art across five subject areas:
- Looted Art and Restitution in the Twentieth Century – Towards a Global . . .
Introducing the Journal of Contemporary History Special Issue ‘The Restitution of Looted Art in the 20th Century’, this article proposes a framework for writing the history of looting and restitution in transnational and global perspective
- Art Restitution - Art History - Oxford Bibliographies
Artwork was restituted on a large scale following the widespread displacement of cultural property under the National Socialist regime and during World War II
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