Brazilian police recovered paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari that were stolen last month from the country's premier modern art museum, officials said Tuesday. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

Two Picasso paintings worth millions were stolen from a Swiss exhibition, police said Thursday. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Police found paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet that were among four paintings worth $163 million stolen from a private museum in a Feb. 10 armed robbery.

The original post about the heist is here. picked by MandolinOrange 8 months ago

Hooded and armed men staged a brazen afternoon heist at a museum in the French Riviera city of Nice today, making off with four priceless paintings: two Bruegels, a Sisley and a Monet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Two Picasso paintings were stolen from Diana Widmaier-Picasso', (his grand daughter) home. And she wasn't insured... picked by Ankabout 2 years ago

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff issued the order three days after Julius H. Schoeps, an heir to banker Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan to stop the sale of "Portrait de Angel Fernandez de Soto" by an art foundation started by Broadway musical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. He blocked the sale at least until a hearing Tuesday morning. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

In an attempt to collect artifacts that represent life from modern times, the Finnish National Museum and the Helsinki City Museum are keeping a box for a frozen pizza as one of their several new collectibles. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A man who claimed he found the subject disturbing put his foot through a 17th-century painting valued at $300,000 at the Milwaukee Art Museum. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

Drag and drop elements to make your own Picasso portrait.
Even does a Picasso type sig of your name. picked by Milkshake 2 years ago

The Icelandic Phallological Museum is probably the only museum in the world to contain a collection of phallic specimens belonging to all the various types of mammal found in a single country. *NSFW* picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Visitors to Warner Robins will discover the "Crown Jewel" of Middle Georgia -- the Museum of Aviation, now the second largest museum in the United States Air Force. Displaying 93 aircraft and hundreds of exhibits on a beautiful 51 acre site, the museum has grown into a significant exhibit, education and cultural center drawing more than 500,000 visitors a year. Great intro. picked by Turtle 11 months ago

Amsterdam's Hash museum - or Museum of Hash, Marijuana and Hemp, to give it its full title, is to be found on one of the canals running through the city's red light district. Tourists of all ages and nationalities are drawn to the area by its reputation as a haven of easily accessible sex and drugs. picked by kissmenow 1 year ago

Time-lapse video of Picasso creating an oil-painting. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn accidentally elbowed the multimillion-dollar Picasso 'Le Reve' canvas, leaving a small hole. He had just finalized a $139 million sale, but has released the buyer from the agreement and plans to have the painting repaired. picked by ybne1else 2 years ago

They removed five canvases but dropped and damaged one as they made their escape. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

Believed to be 19th century French work stolen from Russia‘s famed State Hermitage Museum five years ago. In other words, the thieves couldn't sell it? picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

“Kuntzkamera” is a museum in St. Petersburg founded by Russian Tsar Peter the First. He collected different weird stuff from all over Russia such as freaky people, animals preserved in alcohol, torture instruments, strange paintings and much more. Here are photos: picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

An outback Queensland town has discovered boomerangs really do come back after an artefact stolen from a museum 25 years ago was finally returned by a guilt-ridden US tourist. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Gold artworks worth $2 million stolen from University of British Columbia after caller tells campus security there is a problem with the system and to ignore any alarms that might go off. picked by tigertony 4 months ago

Whoever stole 19th century rhino horns from a South African museum may be in trouble after officials announced the horns were covered in poison picked by mutil8or 6 months ago