Missing a Rembrandt? Check out your local priest’s office- apparently, some art thieves like to stash their stolen goods there. From NPR: “…the drawing was found by Father Michael Cooper, an assistant priest at St. Nicholas of Myra Episcopal Church in Encino. He opened the door to his office Monday night and noticed the framed drawing just inside. At first he thought it was a donation, but upon closer inspection, it hit him: It was the “The Judgment,” the 1655 work that had been plastered all over the news after it was stolen from the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey.” Read the whole article here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/17/139703773/stolen-rembrandt-found-in-a-church
From Artinfo.com: Stolen Caravaggio Masterpiece Uncovered in Berlin “Two years after it was plucked from a Ukrainian museum,Caravaggio’s 1573–1602 painting The Taking of Christ (or The Kiss of Judas) has been recovered by joint team of German and Ukrainian officials in Berlin. Police arrested four suspects believed to be part of an international art-crime ring in Berlin and twenty more suspects were arrested in Ukraine as part of operation.” http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35064/stolen-caravaggio-masterpiece-uncovered-in-berlin/ Caravaggio’s “The Taking of Christ (or, The Kiss of Judas)” (1573–1602)
From ajc.com: 5 masterpieces stolen in $123 million Paris museum heist “The stolen works included Pablo Picasso’s “Le pigeon aux petits-pois” (The Pigeon with the Peas), an ochre-toned Cubist oil painting worth an estimated $28 million (€23 million), and “La Pastorale” (Pastoral), a pastel-hued oil painting of nudes on a hillside by Henri Matisse worth about $17.5 million (€15 million), Girard said. Also seized were “La femme a l’eventail” (Woman with a Fan) by Amedeo Modigliani, “L’olivier pres de l’Estaque” (Olive Tree near Estaque) by Georges Braque and “Nature morte aux chandeliers” (Still Life with Chandeliers) by Fernand Leger. Estimates of the total value of the paintings varied: The prosecutor’s office initially put their worth as high as $613 million (€500 million) but later downgraded the figure to about $111 million (€90 million). Girard said the total value was about $123 million (€100 million).” http://www.ajc.com/business/55-masterpieces-stolen-in-532007.html
Well, Lamar Dodd finally made the front page of the Red & Black, UGA’s student newspaper. Unfortunately, it was for this: http://www.redandblack.com/media/2010/03/Butterfly-after-L.jpg