2023 Underground Art Market Report
A former payroll manager at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), who pleaded guilty in April to embezzling funds from the museum, has been sentenced to three years in prison. He is also expected to pay back the roughly $2.3m he stole from the AIC. …
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Travel Ottawa Local Arts Entertainment More than 15 years ago, a video was uploaded to YouTube that put the spotlight on some of the most hardened criminals in the world. The musical, Prison Dancer, tells the story of one of the earliest …
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Travel Ottawa Local Arts Entertainment More than 15 years ago, a video was uploaded to YouTube that put the spotlight on some of the most hardened criminals in the world. The musical, Prison Dancer, tells the story of one of the earliest …
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By Denise Dunbar | ddunbar@alextimes.com In every good heist movie, the crime perpetrators need to be likable – think “Ocean’s Eleven,” “The Great Train Robbery” and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” They also need to be less bad than the real bad guys, Arthur Bjorn Egeli, director, …
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An art dealer accused of making thousands of pounds by forging the signature of a well-known artist on a series of works he was selling has had his trial postponed. Broguhty Ferry gallery boss Sandro Paladini, 60, had the case put back so his lawyer …
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File Photo – The Art Institute of Chicago | Photo: Google Street View A Beach Park man was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $2.3 million in funds and spending it on “extravagancies” while he was employed at a museum in Chicago. Michael …
Read MoreDisgraced arts patron James Wallace has been granted parole this afternoon and will be released from prison next month. Wallace’s lawyer, David Jones KC, told the Herald his release date would be December 11. Today’s appearance was the second for the 85-year-old, who first sought …
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The Tokyo District Court sentenced kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke IV to three years in prison on Friday, suspended for five years, over his involvement in his parents’ deaths by suicide. The 47-year-old, whose real name is Takahiko Kinoshi, had been on trial over his role …
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In Russia, artist Sasha Skochilenko was found guilty Thursday of spreading “false information” about the Russian military and sentenced to seven years in prison for replacing supermarket price tags with antiwar messages. The labels featured messages like “The Russian army bombed an art school in …
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A former payroll manager at the Art Institute of Chicago was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday after he pleaded guilty for misappropriating more than $2 million in museum funds over a 12-year period. Michael Maurello, 56, of Beach Park, was visibly distressed in …
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