Opinion

Contributor: Louvre heist is just one way Europe is surrendering its culture

The stunning Louvre museum heist recently in Paris offers an uncanny encapsulation of the broader society-wide phenomenon. On Sunday, thieves disguised as construction workers stole, during broad ...

The Detail: Auckland War Memorial Museum checks locks after Louvre heist

The successful Louvre jewel heist has museum directors around the world taking another look at their own patches. Auckland is ...

Plotting an art heist? You’ll need a high-vis vest

Given the ubiquity of neon-coloured safety jackets, criminals are using them to carry out crimes in plain sight ...

Louvre heist is just one way Europe is surrendering its culture

The stunning Louvre museum heist recently in Paris offers an uncanny encapsulation of the broader society-wide phenomenon. On ...

Inside Houston's strangest museum break-in — and the man who won’t explain it

The Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens was originally the family mansion of Miss Ima Hogg, a well-known Houston philanthropist. She donated the mansion, the surrounding 14 acres of gardens and her ...

Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar in vivid hat, long hidden from view, on auction in Paris

PARIS (AP) — A vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar that had remained out of view for more ...