Stolen Art

• Police investigating after 2 art pieces stolen in Toronto

  Toronto police said on May 22, officers received a report that art had been stolen from the Robertson Crescent and Queen's Quay area.

  Crime

  Jul 6, 2023
  
• Newly installed public art in Penticton, B.C. targeted in act of ‘mindless vandalism’

  City officials say the Wish to Fly sculpture has since been recovered, but RCMP could not confirm the recovery.

  Crime

  Jun 13, 2023
  
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• ‘Chronic offender’ busted with $40,000 in stolen art: Vancouver police

  Police say the accused has previously been convicted of more than 115 offences. He was arrested Saturday for the theft of two artworks from a Vancouver gallery.

  Crime

  Jan 3, 2023
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• B.C. art fraud: Police seek owners of 4 paintings seized from accused dealer

  Police on Vancouver Island are hoping to find the owners of four art pieces that were among more than 1,000 recovered during an investigation into an Oak Bay art dealer in April.

  Crime

  Jul 13, 2022
• B.C. artist in disbelief after 46 paintings, hundreds of custom ties stolen

  Osoyoos RCMP are seeking public help in locating the stolen art, which they say can be sold across Canada or internationally.

  Crime

  Dec 1, 2021
• Wooden ram’s head sculpture stolen from Penticton waterfront

  Before it was stolen, the wooden ram looked out over the lake.

  Canada

  May 5, 2020
• Functioning solid gold toilet stolen from Winston Churchill’s birthplace

  Police said they had arrested one 66-year-old man in connection with the theft, but had not recovered the artwork.

  World

  Sep 14, 2019
• ‘Significant’ piece of First Nations art stolen in Nanaimo: RCMP

  The piece, titled 'Spindle Whorl,' consists of an intricately carved cedar disc three feet in diameter.

  Crime

  Mar 25, 2019
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• Painting stolen in broad daylight recovered by Russian police

  A man caught on camera taking a painting from a Russian art gallery denied any wrongdoing but somehow knew where police could recover it undamaged.

  Crime

  Jan 28, 2019
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• NYPD searching for woman seen mailing stolen art back to MoMA

  The two pieces of stolen art are valued at US$105,000 (C$133,665).

  World

  Nov 14, 2017