NewsCrime
A million Artsy user account details exposed in large-scale hack
Compromised data included account holders’ names and email and IP addresses
PreviewBooks
Witches, cannibals and murderers: the stories behind some of the Musée d’Orsay’s most violent works of art
In his new book The Orsay Murder Club, the art historian Christos Markogiannakis examines the horrors of the Paris museum’s collection
NewsCrime
Police arrest man after attempted theft of Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral
Incident is a further blow to English city following the novichok poisonings earlier this year
NewsConservation
Spain tells vandal to Kiss off after Santiago de Compostela statue defaced
Authorities vow to find rock fan who damaged Medieval statue
NewsVandalism
List of 34,361 dead refugees and migrants goes back on show in Liverpool after being destroyed
Reasons and perpetrators behind the removal of the key biennial work remain unclear
BlogIn the frame
Catnapped: abduction of moody moggie Begemot from Moscow museum sparks media frenzy
BlogDiary of an art historian
Do not allow art to cleanse crimes
The art world has yet to tackle issues around works like Picasso’s $115m child-prostitute portrait
NewsArt crime
Full extent of burglary at Bath’s Museum of East Asian Art revealed
With the value of Chinese antiquities on the rise, police suspect the items removed were stolen to order
NewsLaw
Art consultant pleads guilty to filing false tax return
Lacy Doyle hid millions of dollars in inheritance in a Swiss bank account, US Attorney says
NewsSexual assault
Four women including arts and culture producer Tanya Selvaratnam accuse New York Attorney General of abuse
After denying the allegations, Eric Schneiderman resigned his post on Monday
NewsMuseums
Top Italian museum director faces trial over gym visits
The director of the Galleria Borghese in Rome has been suspended without pay for leaving the office
NewsIvory
Ivory-trade investigator Esmond Bradley Martin found murdered in Nairobi home
Former UN special envoy for rhino conservation was at the forefront of exposing scale of global black market for animal products