Stolen art can be burden without connections
Now comes the hard part: The thieves have to unload the paintings, instantly recognizable pieces by Picasso, Matisse and Monet worth millions.www.seattlepi.com
Police release pictures of Rotterdam art heist
Seven paintings were stolen from the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam include one by Pablo Picasso, one by Henri Matisse, and two by Claude Monet.www.knoxnews.com
Dutch art thieves face daunting task of unloading stolen painting
... Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions.www.theeagle.com
A Picasso and a Gauguin Are Among 7 Works Stolen From a Dutch Museum
PARIS - With impeccable timing and taste, thieves in the wee hours of Tuesday morning plundered an art museum in the Netherlands that was celebrating its 20th birthday and made away with seven borrowed paintings, including valuable works by ... The ...www.nytimes.com
Art theft at Dutch museum: Picasso, Monets among 'one hell of a haul'
... broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.www.mercurynews.com
Rotterdam Art Heist Likely for Ransom
There are tens of thousands of artworks registered stolen every year, and in the entire history of art theft, there are only a few dozen individuals who might be considered criminal collectors in the Hollywood sense (Pablo Picasso was one of them, you ...blogs.artinfo.com
Rotterdam art thieves take valuable paintings
Paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin, Meyer de Haan, Lucian Freud and two by Monet were stolen on Tuesday from a gallery in Rotterdam in what will rank as one of the most spectacular art heists of modern times. The dawn raid at the Kunsthal museum in ...www.guardian.co.uk
Turning a Profit From Art Theft Actually Extremely Difficult, Says FBI's Art ...
Speaking to the Atlantic shortly after yesterday's pre-dawn theft of seven paintings by masters of modern and contemporary art from Rotterdam Kunsthal, Robert Wittman - founder of the FBI's art crimes unit and the author of "Priceless: How I Went ...blogs.artinfo.com
Art heist in Rotterdam: Picasso, Matisse, Monet paintings stolen from Dutch ...
Police investigators search for evidence at the Athens' National Gallery on January 9, 2012, after two artworks were stolen from the gallery overnight, police said. They did not identify the missing works, but the theft occurred on the final day of an ...www.globalpost.com
Picasso, Monet Paintings Stolen From Rotterdam Museum
The theft in Rotterdam follows an incident in Paris in May 2010, when five paintings together worth about 100 million euros ($130 million), also including works by Picasso and Matisse, were stolen from the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris. The Kunsthal ...www.businessweek.com
Picasso, Matisse, Monet works stolen from Dutch museum
Did inside information play an important role in one of the most brazen art heists in recent years? On Tuesday, thieves made off with works by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and others from a museum in the Netherlands city of Rotterdam. Tuesday's theft is ...www.latimes.com
Dutch art heist 'a nightmare for any museum director' (+video)
Utrecht, The Netherlands. Seven highly valuable paintings by artists like Matisse and Picasso were stolen last night from the Kunsthal Rotterdam in The Netherlands in what the museum director called "a nightmare." Skip to next paragraph. Related ...www.csmonitor.com
Why do people steal art?
Motives for art thieves can be different from those of bank robbers because not all art thieves are in it for the money. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Charles Hill, a former Scotland Yard detective who has followed the world of art theft ...www.washingtonpost.com
Picasso, Matisse Works Among Those Stolen in Art Heist
ROTTERDAM (CNN) -- Paintings by famous modern artists disappeared from an exhibition in the Netherlands in a predawn art heist Tuesday, shutting down an exhibition in the Kunsthal Rotterdam, where works by Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Andy ...www.wibw.com
Kunsthal art heist An awful lot of Monet: £70m of paintings stolen in one of ...
Roland Ekkers from Rotterdam Police said: "The alarm system in the Kunsthal is supposed to be state of the art. "We've got no reason to believe that it's not, but somehow the people responsible for this found a way in and a way out.www.mirror.co.uk
Seven masterpieces stolen from Rotterdam museum
Seven masterpieces, including paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and Gauguin, were stolen in a pre-dawn heist Tuesday at Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum, the biggest such theft in the Netherlands in two decades, police said. Alerted by an alarm but ...www.france24.com
Dutch art theft 'every museum director's worst nightmare'
A police officer investigates the surroundings of Rotterdam's Kunsthal art museum in the Netherlands on Tuesday, after an early-hours heist.www.cbc.ca
Who Is Most Stolen Artist of All Time?
The burglars who orchestrated an ambitious heist Tuesday (Oct. 16) at a Rotterdam museum in the Netherlands seem to have studious and expensive taste in art, but their taste in art theft shows a real lack of originality. Two of the masters whose work ...www.livescience.com
Dutch art heist: Seven masterpieces stolen from Rotterdam gallery
Seven paintings including artwork by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Claude Monet have been stolen from an exhibition in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Related Tags: Claude Monet · Rotterdam · London · Andy Warhol. Dutch, Rotterdam, gallery ...www.metro.co.uk
Dutch art heist nets works by Monet, Picasso, Matisse
Related; Dutch art heist nets works by Monet, Picasso, Matisse · Police officer investigates the surroundings of Rotterdam's Kunsthal art gallery in the Netherlands · Police officers investigate surroundings of Rotterdam's Kunsthal art gallery in the ...www.chicagotribune.com
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