January 27, 2012

Jo'burg gallery awash in sewage - Newspaper - Mail & Guardian Online

Joburg gallery awash in sewage - Newspaper - Mail & Guardian Online

http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-27-joburg-gallery-awash-in-sewage/

January 27, 2012

A burst waste pipe at the Johannesburg Art Gallery has flooded the basement with sewage and is threatening to engulf two storerooms containing artworks, furniture and ceramics estimated by one insider to be worth R500-million.

The one storeroom holds the gallery's contemporary art collection, with works by William Kentridge, Wim Botha, Jane Alexander and Nicholas Hlobo. The other includes furniture by Le Corbusier and Ming Dynasty porcelain.

A source at the gallery told the Mail & Guardian: "We don't have money even to call in a plumber." Every time the toilets are flushed or someone runs a tap, the sewage level rises. Staff members are desperately trying to mask the smell with chemicals.

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Princeton University returning six works of art to Italy - trentonian.com

http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2012/01/26/news/doc4f21b8662663c521673580.txt

January 27, 2012

Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012

By Trentonian Staff

PRINCETON -- The Princeton University Art Museum has returned six works of art to the Republic of Italy, part of the university’s effort to resolve ownership claims for works in its collection.

The items, transferred last month, are a black-glazed askos; a pair of female statuettes; four fragments of a red-figure calyx krater; fragments of an architectural relief; a pithos in white-on-red style; and a group of fragmentary architectural revetments.

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DutchNews.nl - Stolen bronze statues found hacked into pieces

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/01/stolen_bronze_statues_found_ha.php

January 27, 2012

Stolen bronze statues found hacked into pieces

Thursday 26 January 2012

Two bronze statues stolen from public places in small towns near the Veluwe national park have been found hacked into pieces in garden sheds.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the thefts following a tip-off.

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Stolen taxidermic dingo, leopard returned to museum - Bakersfield.com

http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x2117245080/Stolen-taxidermic-dingo-leopard-returned-to-museum

January 27, 2012

Stolen taxidermic dingo, leopard returned to museum

BY JILL COWAN Californian staff writer
jcowan@bakersfield.com | Wednesday, Jan 25 2012 07:35 PM

Last Updated Wednesday, Jan 25 2012 07:36 PM

To donate to the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, call Executive Director Koral Hancharick at 324-6350.

It was a journey there and back again for two taxidermic animals -- an Australian dingo and an African leopard -- that were stolen from the front display case of the Buena Vista Natural History Museum Tuesday night.

Bakersfield Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Mary DeGeare said police were able to locate and return both specimens to their home on Chester Avenue Wednesday morning -- but not without a minor case of mistaken identity.

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Picasso is the most stolen artist in the world with more than 1,000 of his pieces of work missing | Mail Online

Statue commemorating children’s deaths stolen from elementary school - Chicago Sun-Times

Statue commemorating children’s deaths stolen from elementary school

By Natasha Wasinski Sun-Times Media nwasinski@suntimes.com January 26, 2012 4:56PM

The Wall of Courage at Todd Hall Elementary School in Lincolnwood is seen without the memorial statue.

Updated: January 27, 2012 8:24AM

A statue that was part of a memorial to students who had died was stolen from outside a Lincolnwood elementary school.

An employee of Todd Hall Elementary School on Monday morning noticed the metal statue of two children reading a book was missing from the memorial, Principal Ellen Shankar said.

The bronze-colored statue was affixed to a metal bench bolted to cement in front of the school, 3925 W. Lunt Ave. The bench remains.

Shankar said staff members searched school grounds, including the building’s roof, but did not find the statue or any remnants of it.Statue commemorating children’s deaths stolen from elementary school - Chicago Sun-Times

Preso l'autore del furto delle «pietre» della Memoria - Italia - l'Unità

Preso lautore del furto delle «pietre» della Memoria - Italia - lUnità

http://www.unita.it/italia/shoa-preso-l-autore-del-furto-br-delle-pietre-della-memoria-1.375760

January 27, 2012

26 gennaio 2012

Aveva tolto le pietre della memoria dedicate alle sorelle Spizzichino, vittime della Shoah, per «motivi estetici», perchè facevano sembrare il posto «un cimitero». Le indagini dei carabinieri della stazione Roma piazza Farnese, relative al furto delle tre pietre della memoria, dedicate alle vittime dell'olocausto, asportate il 12 gennaio in via S. Maria Monicelli 67, hanno consentito di individuare l'autore: si tratta un romano che ha ammesso le sue responsabilità, riferendo che il suo non è stato un gesto antisemita e che ha lasciato le targhe in ottone vicino ai sanpietrini, dopo averle rimosse dalla facciata superiore dei cubetti di porfido. L'iniziativa sarebbe riconducibile a motivi di estetica perchè le targhe davanti al portone avrebbero fatto paragonare quel luogo ad un cimitero. L'uomo avrebbe annunciato che scriverà una lettera di scuse alla comunità ebraica e al comune.

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Localport notizie: "Dal Museo Garda spariti preziosi pezzi della raccolta numismatica"

Dal Museo Garda spariti preziosi pezzi della raccolta numismatica
di Marco Campagnolo

Iniziavano a diffondersi alcune voci in città. Qualche giornalista aveva già iniziato a fare domande. E ieri è giunta alla stampa una convocazione urgente, per la sera, da parte del Sindaco di Ivrea Carlo Della Pepa. Terminato l’inventario approfondito delle collezioni del Museo Garda, risultano mancanti alcuni pezzi della raccolta numismatica, tra i quali il pezzo ritenuto più importante, un medaglione di Antonino Pio.

«Questa mattina ho sporto denuncia ai Carabinieri – ha esordito il Sindaco -. A seguito dei lavori di allestimento del Museo, e dopo il furto avvenuto un anno fa, ho personalmente insistito per la messa in sicurezza dei beni del Museo e nel fare un inventario particolareggiato».

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Localport notizie: "Dal Museo Garda spariti preziosi pezzi della raccolta numismatica"

Español detenido revela detalles del colosal robo de obras de arte sacro. Dijo que seis personas entraron a la casa y que usaron dos vehiculos - Imagenes robadas - ABC Digital

Español detenido revela detalles del colosal robo de obras de arte sacro

El español Esteban Gutiérrez Jorrín (49), detenido por el colosal robo de obras de arte sacro de la residencia de la familia Duarte Burró, confesó a policías de Investigación de Delitos cada detalle de la planificación y ejecución del histórico golpe. Reveló que al menos seis personas ingresaron a la casa y que utilizaron dos vehículos para transportar las imágenes santas hasta una casa de San Lorenzo, donde supuestamente se hizo la repartija.

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Español detenido revela detalles del colosal robo de obras de arte sacro. Dijo que seis personas entraron a la casa y que usaron dos vehiculos - Imagenes robadas - ABC Digital

La Jornada de Oriente en Internet

Por actos vandálicos, 80 por ciento de los parques públicos de la capital, con daños

Por: Javier Puga Martínez

2012-01-26 04:00:00

A pesar de que anualmente se invierten 26 millones de pesos en el mantenimiento de los parques públicos de la capital, también cada año son gastados 3 millones de pesos adicionales por reparaciones de daños causados a estos espacios por actos vandálicos.

El robo de bustos, esculturas y otros monumentos, el daño por la pintura de aerosol en los grafittis, así como el robo de bancas y corte de cercas, entre otros, son los daños que padecen los más de 235 parques de la capital, reconoció Alejandro Fabre Bandini, secretario de Medio Ambiente de la capital.

Algunos son incluso de importancia como el Juárez, el Paseo Bravo o la laguna de Chapulco, pero en las juntas auxiliares las condiciones de deterioro son incluso más graves. El funcionario reconoció que a pesar de la inversión, 80 por ciento de los parques capitalinos luce en condiciones poco favorables.

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La Jornada de Oriente en Internet

Diario Vanguardia Digital | Algunas piezas robadas del museo podrían estar en CDE

Algunas piezas robadas del museo podrían estar en CDE

JUEVES, 26 DE ENERO DE 2012 04:09

Con relación al millonario robo de piezas de arte sacro, registrado la semana pasada en la capital del país, existen rumores de que algunos de los autores del ilícito estén escondidos en Ciudad del Este e incluso habrían ofrecido algunas piezas a comerciantes extranjeros.

La versión se conoció el fin de semana pasado, algunos días después de que se descubriera el hurto de varias piezas de arte sacro que, según un museo estadounidense, estarían valoradas en US$ 14 millones.

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Diario Vanguardia Digital | Algunas piezas robadas del museo podrían estar en CDE

Yancuic - Agencia de Noticias y Publicidad

Roban estatua de bronce de remodelada plaza de armas de San Andrés | Diario Correo

Goa police investigating burglary at Christian museum

Police are investigating after burglars murdered a security guard before raiding a Christian museum in Goa.

The shocking incident took place in the Museum of Christian Art which is located in the Convent of Santa Monica, Old Goa, in the vicinity of World Heritage Monuments.

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Goa police investigating burglary at Christian museum

Español detenido revela detalles del colosal robo de obras de arte sacro. Dijo que seis personas entraron a la casa y que usaron dos vehiculos - Imagenes robadas - ABC Digital

January 27, 2012

Joburg gallery awash in sewage - Newspaper - Mail & Guardian Online

Princeton University returning six works of art to Italy - trentonian.com

DutchNews.nl - Stolen bronze statues found hacked into pieces

Stolen bronze statues found hacked into pieces

Stolen taxidermic dingo, leopard returned to museum - Bakersfield.com

Stolen taxidermic dingo, leopard returned to museum

BY JILL COWAN Californian staff writerjcowan@bakersfield.com | Wednesday, Jan 25 2012 07:35 PM

Statue commemorating children’s deaths stolen from elementary school

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Español detenido revela detalles del colosal robo de obras de arte sacro

Por actos vandálicos, 80 por ciento de los parques públicos de la capital, con daños

January 26, 2012

January 25, 2012

BY JILL COWAN Californian staff writer
jcowan@bakersfield.com | Wednesday, Jan 25 2012 07:35 PM