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Art is Not Gold, Stolen Pieces are Hard to Sell

May 24, 2023May 10, 2023 Anna Chen

Most artistic works, like paintings, are hard to steal and sell. First, most of them bear the artists’ names engraved in the art. Secondly, most famous art and paintings are always priceless and cannot fetch actual prices for the thieves who prefer selling them on the black market since most

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Bots vs Artists: How Some Artists Are Fighting Bot Theft

May 10, 2023 Sarah Vest

With the rise of the internet as an art sharing platform, it has become very difficult for small artists to protect their work from being stolen and used to generate profit, often by bots. Commonly this occurs via bots searching for keywords, such as the phrase “I want this on

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The Nazi Art Heist: How the Third Reich Stole Europe’s Cultural Treasures

April 18, 2023April 17, 2023 Bennett Hilck

During World War II, the Nazis engaged in a massive campaign of art theft, confiscating over 650,000 artworks from across Europe. This was a calculated effort to deprive the Jewish people of their cultural heritage, as well as to amass a collection of art that would reflect the values of

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The Nazi’s Art Crimes

November 29, 2015February 14, 2021 bgoeltzenleuchter

The Nazi regime in Europe wreaked havoc and destruction on every aspect of civilization in every country that it came across. Nothing was safe as the Nazi’s killed millions, pillaged and burned, looted and depleted any signs of humanity from entire landscapes throughout Europe. Their horrendous actions and crimes against

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