A hoard of art found in Germany last year, some of which was apparently seized by the Nazis, included works ranging from Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Max Liebermann and dates back to the 16th century.

Even though he was known to like the good life, police said they were startled when they entered Monsignor Nunzio Scarano’s apartment after he called them one night in January to report a burglary.

Artists fought the censorship of France’s cultural life, writes Tracy McNicoll

Thieves yesterday broke into a Rotterdam museum and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin, and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions of euro.

Seven paintings by some of the world's most famous artists have been stolen from an exhibition in the Netherlands.

A man who walked into a San Francisco art gallery, grabbed a valuable pencil drawing by Pablo Picasso off the wall, then fled in a waiting taxi.

THANKS to two Irish entrepreneurs, the most distant part of France in now one of the easiest to reach, at least from Dublin.

Police issued an international alert for a dozen paintings by Marc Chagall, Diego Rivera and other masters that were stolen from the Los Angeles suburban home of an elderly couple during a daring daytime break-in.

The owner and manager of a New York art gallery have admitted selling forgeries of paintings by artists such as Marc Chagall and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

A New York museum has received a letter from someone claiming responsibility for the recent theft of a Marc Chagall painting who says the work will not be returned until peace has been achieved between Israel and the Palestinians.

A painting has vanished from a Marc Chagall exhibition in New York's Jewish Museum.