Throughout history, art has never been only about aesthetics—it has played a significant role in shaping and reflecting societal values, politics, and cultural norms. In other words, art has been used ...

It took no more than seven minutes for four masked men to snatch eight royal jewels from the Louvre's Galerie d'Apollon on Sunday morning. But experts say the hard part-offloading the loot-has only ...

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres' "The Princesse de Broglie" at the Met Museum in New York may have been damaged by a rogue visitor. (1825–1860 (courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) On Halloween, ...

Michael Finkel’s "The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession" offers an engrossing exploration into the mind of Stéphane Breitwieser, one of the most notorious art thieves ...

For a time there was uncertainty as to whether the Mona Lisa in the Louvre was the actual painting by Leonardo da Vinci. In 2020 thieves walked away from the Singer Laren museum in the Netherlands ...