art crimes and scandals « Maura McGurk

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365 Days of Art: December 11 – Stolen Mona Lisa Recovered in Hotel Room, Séraphine Dies

365 Days of Art: December 10 – Art Thief Tries to Negotiate Return of Mona Lisa

365 Days of Art: November 30 – National Portrait Gallery Censors AIDS Film

365 Days of Art: November 29 – Mona Lisa Thief Contacts Antiques Dealer

365 Days of Art: November 26 – Whistler v. Ruskin Libel Trial Concludes

365 Days of Art: November 16 – Frida Writes a Letter from US, AIDS Exhibition Opens (Under Duress) After Grant Partially Restored

365 Days of Art: November 15 – Homer is Published, O’Keeffe is Born, Bernstein Protests NEA, Vandal is Sentenced

365 Days of Art: November 14 – Monet is Born

365 Days of Art: November 12 – Art Forger Convicted, Replica of David Installed on Roof as Originally Intended, Bacon Sets Auction Record

365 Days of Art: November 11 – Calder Dies, Vietnam Vet Shoots Avedon Photo

365 Days of Art: November 10 – Frida and Diego Arrive in SF, NY Times Reports on Nazi Looting, Gorky Exhibits at the Whitney, Hockney Faxes an Artwork

365 Days of Art: October 29 – Tortured Witness Testifies Against Artemesia, George Luks Dies After Bar Fight, Art Forger Goes on Trial

365 Days of Art: October 8 – Serial Art Vandal Arrested After Attacking Rembrandts

365 Days of Art: October 7 – Lover’s Death Inspires Hartley Portrait, Rothko Painting Vandalized

365 Days of Art: October 6 – Archers Destroy Leonardo’s Clay Model, Velázquez Becomes Royal Painter

365 Days of Art: October 5 – Jury Acquits Arts Center of Obscenity Charges

365 Days of Art: October 1 – Nazi Radio Vilifies Monuments Men

365 Days of Art: September 30 – Nazis Set Fire to Villa, Destroying Paintings, Glass Collection, and Documents

365 Days of Art: September 27 – Munch Museum Celebrates Return of Damaged Paintings

365 Days of Art: September 24 – Barnes Foundation Announces Plans to Move

365 Days of Art: September 22 – Leonardo Studies Birds, Michelangelo Seeks Payment, Artists Reject Pop Art Newcomer, Search Leads to Nazi Loot

365 Days of Art: September 15 – Gorky Marries; David Struck by Hammer

365 Days of Art: September 14 – Hitler Issues Orders to Commandeer the Vatican’s Artworks; Vandal Slashes a Rembrandt

365 Days of Art: September 13 – Michelangelo Begins Carving, Childe Hassam Travels to Gloucester, Art Vandal Prepares to Attack, Boston MFA Exhibits Stolen Painting

365 Days of Art: September 7 – Apollinaire is Arrested for Theft of Mona Lisa

365 Days of Art: September 5 – Monet Paints Wife on Deathbed, Oldenburg Protests Police Brutality

365 Days of Art: September 4 – Thieves Steal 13 Paintings in Montreal

365 Days of Art: August 31 – Stolen Munch Paintings Recovered

365 Days of Art: August 24 – Serial Art Attacker Strikes Rubens Portrait with Acid

365 Days of Art: August 22 – The Scream is Stolen by Masked Men

365 Days of Art: August 21 – Mona Lisa is Stolen, but Theft Goes Unnoticed

365 Days of Art: August 20 – Richard Avedon Photographs Andy Warhol’s Gunshot Wounds

365 Days of Art: August 15 – Employee Commits Mass Murder at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Estate

365 Days of Art: August 5 – Matisse Painting Attacked

365 Days of Art: July 28 – Andy Warhol is Released from Hospital Following Murder Attempt

365 Days of Art: July 26 – Three Events About Women in the Art World: a Suicide, a Congressional Debate, and a Job Interview

365 Days of Art: July 25 – Nazis Send Telegram About “Rescue” of Two Paintings Admired by Hitler

365 Days of Art: July 23 – Frida Writes Letter to Diego After His Affair with Her Sister

365 Days of Art: July 19 – Hitler Kicks Off Degenerate Art Fair, Gorky Returns Home to Connecticut

365 Days of Art: July 16 – Gorky Physically Confronts Matta, and His Wife Leaves Him

365 Days of Art: July 1 – De Kooning Begins Teaching, Lennon’s 1st Exhibition Opens, and A Crowd Protests Mapplethorpe’s Cancellation

365 Days of Art: June 30 – Hitler Authorizes Degenerate Art Exhibition; Commission Created to Confiscate More Artwork

365 Days of Art: June 28 – Warhol’s Shooter Indicted for Attempted Murder

365 Days of Art: June 25 – Serial Art Attacker Ignites Painting

365 Days of Art: June 18 – Chicago Tribune Reveals Nevelson Estate in Turmoil

365 Days of Art: June 14 – Time Magazine Blames Warhol for RFK Assassination

365 Days of Art: June 13 – Rubens Painting Destroyed by Arson

365 Days of Art: June 11 – Dieter Roth Exhibition Receives Humorous Review

365 Days of Art: June 7 – Leonardo is Anonymously Accused of Sodomy

365 Days of Art: June 3 – Nazis Legalize Art Theft, Peggy Guggenheim Visits Brancusi During WWII Bombing, and Andy Warhol is Shot

365 Days of Art: May 21 – Man Attacks Michelangelo’s Pietà

365 Days of Art: May 20 – NY World Publishes Article About Augusta Savage’s Rejection Due to Racial Bias

365 Days of Art: May 18 – Egon Schiele Calls Himself “Shattered” Over Trial

365 Days of Art: May 15 – The Salon des Refusés Opens to the Public

365 Days of Art: May 14 – Artemisia Ghentileschi Testifies at the Trial of Her Rapist

365 Days of Art: May 9 – Nelson Rockefeller Fires Diego Rivera

365 Days of Art: May 7 – Munch’s The Scream is Recovered

365 Days of Art: May 6 – NEA Director Says Institution Is “Going Down the Tubes”

365 Days of Art: May 2 – Egon Schiele’s Friends Correspond While He Is in Jail

365 Days of Art: April 30 – Chinese Pilgrim Describes Now-Destroyed Bamiyan Buddhas

365 Days of Art: April 28 – Napoleon Issues Press Release About Planned Art Exhibition

365 Days of Art: April 24 – Art and Politics Collide for Diego Rivera and Little Mermaid

365 Days of Art: April 22 – Scientists Announce Discovery of World’s Oldest Oil Paintings

365 Days of Art: April 21 – Serial Art Vandal Throws Acid at Five Dürer Paintings

365 Days of Art: April 10 – Frank Lloyd Wright Secretly Purchases Property Under His Mother’s Name

365 Days of Art: April 7 – Mapplethorpe Exhibition Opens, Leading to Obscenity Charges

365 Days of Art: April 3 – Frank Lloyd Wright Tells a Lie

365 Days of Art: April 1 – “Evil” Gauguin Painting is Attacked

365 Days of Art: March 29 – Serial Art Vandal Strikes for First Time

365 Days of Art: March 23 – Undercover Sting Locates Stolen Art

365 Days of Art: March 21 – Vandalism of Newman Painting Leads to Botched Conservation and Lawsuits

365 Days of Art: March 20 – Nazis Destroy Approximately 5,000 Artworks in Bonfire

365 Days of Art: March 18 – Thieves Steal 13 Works in Biggest Art Theft EVER

365 Days of Art: March 17 – Hide/Seek Opens at Tacoma Art Museum

365 Days of Art: March 15 – The Helga Pictures Are Revealed

365 Days of Art: March 10 – Suffragette Slashes Velázquez Painting as Political Statement

365 Days of Art: March 8 – Little Mermaid Is Vandalized in Connection with International Women’s Day

365 Days of Art: March 7 – Arts Groups Meet to Strategize, Combat Censorship

365 Days of Art: March 3 – Reconstruction of Dynamited Buddhas Is Discussed

365 Days of Art: March 2 – Taliban Dynamites Historic Buddha Statues

365 Days of Art: February 28 – Picasso Painting Vandalized in Vietnam War Protest

365 Days of Art: February 21 – Connecticut Detectives Solve Case of 9 Slashed Paintings

365 Days of Art: February 13 – Thomas Eakins Forced to Resign Teaching Position Due to Scandal

365 Days of Art: February 12 – Art Theft Mars Opening Day of Olympics

365 Days of Art: February 7 – Delacroix Painting Vandalized by 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist

365 Days of Art – January 13: Rembrandt Painting Attacked with Knife

365 Days of Art – January 6: Little Mermaid Decapitated

365 Days of Art – January 4: Malevich Painting Vandalized

Art + Celebrity Gossip = My Favorite Thing

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: Silly Headlines

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: A Tale of Two Lincolns

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: True Crime

The Abraham Lincoln Caper: Art Heists and Civic Pride

Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?