The British Museum’s Decisive Year: A 2023 Filled with a Lot of Scandal, and Not Enough Change
The thefts at the British Museum revealed a disorganized institution with long-term management and security issues.
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British Museum Deputy Director Leaves After Probe into Thefts
Jonathan Williams dismissed a whistleblower's detailed concerns about the thefts from the museum's collection in 2021.
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Independent Review Urges British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
The review was prompted by 2,000 stolen, damaged, and missing items taken from the British Museum's collection over 30 years.
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Marc Chagall Print Stolen from New York Gallery During Smash-and-Grab Heist
The $100,000 lithograph was put into a car as rain came down on it.
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Four Men Charged in the Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet Bowl
When he heard about the heist Cattelan said "who's so stupid to steal a toilet?" forgetting that he'd made one out of solid gold.
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Van Hits Memphis Museum, Damaging Two Wheeler Williams Statues
The hit-and-run incident damaged the museum's marble building and two of its standing female figures.
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Stolen Painting Missing Since 1945 Recovered by FBI in Chicago and Returned to Bavarian Museum
The landscape painting had been missing since World War II, and briefly appeared on the US art market in 2011.
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British Museum Will Digitize Entire Collection at a Cost of $12.1 M. in Response to Thefts
The British Museum will update or upgrade records of 2.4 million items to increase security and public access.
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$19 M. in Looted Antiquities Returned by Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to Italy in Repatriation Ceremony
The seized objects are at the center of multiple ongoing investigations of known looted antiquities dealers.
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Former Worker at Deutsches Museum Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Four Paintings and Selling Three
The thief was sentenced by a Munich court to prison and ordered to pay $64,000.
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