The host of the Art Bust podcast argues that the nature and purpose of art crime–and by extension, of the art detectives who fight it—has changed in recent years

Regulation of the conservation profession may be a start, but can it quash the “ego” that often motivates restorers-turned-forgers?

So far a total of 475 "art market participants" have been registered—but delays mean more are likely to comply in the coming months

Jason Harrington pleaded guilty to selling phony paintings to at least 15 galleries and individuals between 2018 and 2020

Oligarch is blacklisted as countries ramp up regulation and authorities move yet another step closer to the art world

Angel Pereda was offering paintings and sculptures by the artists to auction houses in New York

Authorities have reportedly arrested a man after the paintings were found in a gorge

Spanish police say they used the ID-art programme to successfully spot stolen Roman coins worth €200,000

The Khalil Museum, with its fabled Impressionists in a mansion by the Nile, has reopened after an 11-year renovation—without Vincent’s flower still-life

The suspect is linked to a Frans Hals theft, which should help track down paintings from two museums

Plus, vaccine passports in museums and Gossaert's Adoration

The man allegedly opened an emergency door at the museum and threw in a painting he had stolen from a nearby gallery days earlier

Mwazulu Diyabanza says that “museums do not deserve respect” as restitution debate intensifies

Paintings by Monet, Van Gogh and Cézanne, which were stolen in dramatic art heists, are available to view online

The recent case of a 71-year-old dealer convicted of art fraud is far from unique—in fact, elderly offenders could be on the rise

Congolese activist Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza, fined €1,000 earlier this month, will go to court again later today

BBC4 documentary—released today—unpicks theory that the stolen art was shipped to Ireland

Hong Kong police have arrested three men in relation to a $645m heist that included calligraphy by the Communist leader and other revolutionary art and ephemera

Authorities have accused Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan of running an alleged scheme to swindle buyers by using fake provenances

The Museum of Contemporary Art at the University of São Paulo claims it is owed $3.6m for conserving and storing around 1,600 works repossessed from bankrupt Banco Santos president Edemar Cid Ferreira

A recent Senate report found that secretive art market enables sanctions circumvention

Repairing the piece—on long-term loan from a private collection—will take more than a year and cost up to £350,000

Art historians explain why the work of lesser known artists with rising markets, like George Copeland Ault and Gertrude Abercrombie, might become the target of a fakes scheme

Philip Righter pleaded guilty to selling works fraudulently attributed to Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, among others

Plus, art under threat in Putin's Russia and George Shaw on Thomas Jones. Produced in association with Christie's

Missing for six decades, La Mesa Herida (The Wounded Table) may be in a London warehouse, but experts say the work is likely a fake

Will Arthur Brand’s images of the stolen painting lead to a recovery?

Accused of fraudulent sales of a Kusama pumpkin sculpture and a Warhol print, the dealer and collector awaits extradition to the UK after missing court hearing

London and Miami-based Philbrick, on the run since October, was arrested by FBI on Vanuatu on Thursday

Plus, Laura Cumming on Breugel. Produced in association with Christie's