One of Banksy’s best-loved Bristol murals has been targeted by vandals as fans continue to arrive in their droves for his exhibition just up the road. The Park Street image shows a naked man hanging out of a window as a suspicious husband peers out of the window into the distance as his scantily-clad wife [...]
The £3 million bronze sculpture was stolen in December 2005 After more then three and a half years investigating one of the most audacious British art thefts, detectives believe it was almost certainly stolen by travellers and sold on as scrap. Authorities say it most likely ended up feeding China’s growing demand for electrical components. [...]
A group of volunteers clearing graffiti from the walls and bus stops in their home town have inadvertently painted over a modern masterpiece – and cost its owner £5,000. The work, attributed to street artist Banksy, depicted Paddington Bear with the caption “Migration is not a crime” and was painted on to a wall owned [...]
Lawrence B. Salander, right, and his wife, Julie, tried to restrain their son Jonah as he confronted a photographer in 2007. A noted Upper East Side art dealer has been indicted on charges he stole $88 million from investors and collectors who consigned artwork to him and said they were cheated out of the sale [...]
Dutch police showed on Saturday, eight high-value paintings of famous artists, agency ANP reported. These paintings have gone for more than 20 years ago and were discovered only this week. Pictures Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Willem van der Feld and David Teniers disappeared in 1987 from the gallery “Noortman” in the city of Maastricht. The [...]
Maurice Agis in his giant inflatable work of art work Dreamspace. Photograph: Toby Melville/PA An elderly artist whose huge inflatable “dream machine” broke loose from home-made moorings at a summer fair, killing two women trapped inside, was convicted of breaching health and safety rules yesterday.
Thieves stole works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and others from a Berlin gallery over the New Year’s holiday. More than 30 works — worth an estimated $250,000 — were stolen, apparently between Wednesday afternoon and lunchtime Thursday, police spokeswoman Claudia Schweiger said. The artwork was taking from the Fasanengalerie, a private gallery near western [...]