Lynda Albertson
@sauterne.bsky.social
Forensic researcher and cybrarian using bibliometric analysis to develop accurate quantitative analysis on subjects of illicit trafficking, organised crime and looted/stolen art and antiquities at ARCA. Friends say I am 'fingerspitzengefühl' with data. :)
This is why we need to keep supporting real human-made art. AI can copy, but cannot imagine. Bravo James, your “Fall of Icarus” exemplifies art and the real artists the world still needs.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is why we need to keep supporting real human-made art. AI can copy, but cannot imagine. Bravo James, your “Fall of Icarus” exemplifies art and the real artists the world still needs.
The France 2 television channel has looked into the recent increased looting of liturgical objects, organized by networks highlighting the work of the Central Criminal Intelligence Service of the National Gendarmerie investigating this scourge.
www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/unpj/actuali...
www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/unpj/actuali...
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The France 2 television channel has looked into the recent increased looting of liturgical objects, organized by networks highlighting the work of the Central Criminal Intelligence Service of the National Gendarmerie investigating this scourge.
www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/unpj/actuali...
www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/unpj/actuali...
"Blood antiquities" and looted art taken during periods of destabilisation or war can find their way into the licit art market. To learn more about "blood antiquities" and about the profits of plunder affecting civil society, why not join us next summer.
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www.artcrimeresearch.org/postgraduate...
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Blood antiquities" and looted art taken during periods of destabilisation or war can find their way into the licit art market. To learn more about "blood antiquities" and about the profits of plunder affecting civil society, why not join us next summer.
www.artcrimeresearch.org/postgraduate...
www.artcrimeresearch.org/postgraduate...
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
While everyone who has never committed a museum theft is opining about the Louvre theft, giving opinions on how it was possible, I thought I'd highlight a museum thief's opinion on a) could it happen again and b) one person's motivations.
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
October 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
While everyone who has never committed a museum theft is opining about the Louvre theft, giving opinions on how it was possible, I thought I'd highlight a museum thief's opinion on a) could it happen again and b) one person's motivations.
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
So now we have to be subjected to AI opinions about museum thefts?
October 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So now we have to be subjected to AI opinions about museum thefts?
it's just civil resistance they say. It doesn't damage they say. Tell that to these folks who now have to clean "First Tribute to Christopher Columbus (October 12, 1492)" by José Garnelo y Alda (1892).
Crimes against historical heritage are punishable by imprisonment under the Spanish Penal Code.
Crimes against historical heritage are punishable by imprisonment under the Spanish Penal Code.
October 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
it's just civil resistance they say. It doesn't damage they say. Tell that to these folks who now have to clean "First Tribute to Christopher Columbus (October 12, 1492)" by José Garnelo y Alda (1892).
Crimes against historical heritage are punishable by imprisonment under the Spanish Penal Code.
Crimes against historical heritage are punishable by imprisonment under the Spanish Penal Code.
Seems to have been deaccessioned for Iraq at/around the same time as the "Statuette of a Man Carrying a Box". Nothing said on that 2023/2024 restitution either.
October 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Seems to have been deaccessioned for Iraq at/around the same time as the "Statuette of a Man Carrying a Box". Nothing said on that 2023/2024 restitution either.
and still this little Madonna and child, seized and awaiting identification.
September 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
and still this little Madonna and child, seized and awaiting identification.
Then there is the painting by Rachel Ruysch in the National Museum of Decorative Arts, Buenos Aires that looks a lot like the Abraham Mignon still life being searched for as a World War II era loss by the Dutch Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed which was bought by Kadgien.
September 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Then there is the painting by Rachel Ruysch in the National Museum of Decorative Arts, Buenos Aires that looks a lot like the Abraham Mignon still life being searched for as a World War II era loss by the Dutch Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed which was bought by Kadgien.
But this is not the only development in the can you spot a looted World War II era painting game. Two more portraits have been seized from a house in the La Florida neighbourhood connected to the Kadgien family.
September 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
But this is not the only development in the can you spot a looted World War II era painting game. Two more portraits have been seized from a house in the La Florida neighbourhood connected to the Kadgien family.
The Argentine Public Prosecutor's Office recently displayed the canvas from the Goudstikker collection during a press conference in the city of Mar del Plata.
September 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Argentine Public Prosecutor's Office recently displayed the canvas from the Goudstikker collection during a press conference in the city of Mar del Plata.
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Diamonds and Dispossessed Art: The Friedrich Gustav Kadgien connection to Goudstikker’s stolen artworks.
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/08/diam...
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/08/diam...
August 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Diamonds and Dispossessed Art: The Friedrich Gustav Kadgien connection to Goudstikker’s stolen artworks.
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/08/diam...
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/08/diam...
We will carry on thanks to your guidance my friend.
August 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We will carry on thanks to your guidance my friend.
Anyone have a copy of this catalogue? If yes, can you DM me backchannel?
August 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Anyone have a copy of this catalogue? If yes, can you DM me backchannel?
Avrich cites experts who suggest that half, or even more than half, of art offered on the secondary market is fake. I don't agree. However, the market's obfuscation and silence as accepted responses to questions concerning the authenticity of an artwork often involves a conspiracy of the willing.
August 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Avrich cites experts who suggest that half, or even more than half, of art offered on the secondary market is fake. I don't agree. However, the market's obfuscation and silence as accepted responses to questions concerning the authenticity of an artwork often involves a conspiracy of the willing.
From Dubai to Zurich: Eugene Alexander faces justice in antiquities trafficking case art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/07/from...
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
From Dubai to Zurich: Eugene Alexander faces justice in antiquities trafficking case art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/07/from...
In the heart of Rome, on the Quirinal Hill, a remarkable discovery was made in March 1885 during excavations near the ancient Baths of Constantine. Unearthed from the earth was a breathtaking bronze statue of a seated man. Sometimes living in Rome is magical.
July 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In the heart of Rome, on the Quirinal Hill, a remarkable discovery was made in March 1885 during excavations near the ancient Baths of Constantine. Unearthed from the earth was a breathtaking bronze statue of a seated man. Sometimes living in Rome is magical.
Reopening of the Museum of Stolen Art - New Finds" at the Octagonal Hall of the Terme di Diocleziano.
June 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reopening of the Museum of Stolen Art - New Finds" at the Octagonal Hall of the Terme di Diocleziano.
*Il Quarto Stato* 1901 by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
May 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
*Il Quarto Stato* 1901 by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
Jack Dorsey tweeted: “Delete all IP law.” Shortly after Elon Musk agreed. Let that sink in. In the name of “freedom” and “innovation,” these two men are calling for the abolition of the legal structures that protects human creativity. Your words/code/art and IP law makes them yours.
April 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jack Dorsey tweeted: “Delete all IP law.” Shortly after Elon Musk agreed. Let that sink in. In the name of “freedom” and “innovation,” these two men are calling for the abolition of the legal structures that protects human creativity. Your words/code/art and IP law makes them yours.
Two fighters against the mafia. One writes about the other and lives underground because of his fight against the Neapolitan Camorra while the other paid for his fight against the Sicilian Cosa Nostra with his life.
April 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Two fighters against the mafia. One writes about the other and lives underground because of his fight against the Neapolitan Camorra while the other paid for his fight against the Sicilian Cosa Nostra with his life.
Later than our usual announcement, registration is now open for ARCA’s 2025 Amelia Conference on Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection in the peaceful town of Amelia, Italy. A town which is actually older than Rome for you history buffs.
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/04/regi...
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/04/regi...
April 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Later than our usual announcement, registration is now open for ARCA’s 2025 Amelia Conference on Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection in the peaceful town of Amelia, Italy. A town which is actually older than Rome for you history buffs.
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/04/regi...
art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/04/regi...
Celebrating the International Day of Provenance Research. art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/04/cele...
April 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Celebrating the International Day of Provenance Research. art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/04/cele...