Stolen Picasso Worth a Lot Discovered on Milwaukee Apartment Wall After Tenant Was Removed
A Stolen Picasso Print Worth $50,000 Reclaimed in Wisconsin A painting by Pablo Picasso valued at $50,000 has been reclaimed by its owner after it was discovered in a vacant apartment in Wisconsin. The gallery owner, Bill Delindo, had thought the print was lost forever when it was stolen from his Milwaukee gallery back in […]
Stolen Picasso etching Torero discovered in empty apartment
Bill Delindo had come to terms with the idea that a Picasso print stolen from a Milwaukee gallery back in 2018 was lost to him forever. However, last week, he got a surprising call from the police, asking him to look at an artwork that a local landlord had discovered while cleaning out a vacant […]
How a father and daughter from New Jersey sold $2M in fake art by Picasso, Warhol, and Banksy to galleries
Polish Father-Daughter Art Fraud Team Faces Reality The artwork was counterfeit, but the consequences for the Polish father-daughter duo will be very real. Between 2020 and 2025, Erwin and Karolina Bankowska sold fake pieces in New York that were claimed to be by artists like Andy Warhol, Banksy, Pablo Picasso, and Luiseño Native American artist […]
Father and daughter admit to selling counterfeit Warhol and Picasso artwork.
Father-Daughter Duo Plead Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Art On Wednesday, federal prosecutors announced that a father and daughter, Irwin Bankowski, 50, and Karolina Bankowska, 26, have pleaded guilty to charges related to selling counterfeit artwork that falsely claimed to be from a well-known contemporary artist. They could face sentences of up to 20 years in […]
Tiny Yet Valued Picasso Artwork Goes Missing During Journey from Madrid Museum
Missing Picasso Painting Sparks Investigation A small Pablo Picasso painting, measuring just 5 by 4 inches and valued at nearly $500,000, has gone missing after being transported from a museum in Madrid earlier this month. This artwork, part of a collection being moved for an exhibition titled “Still Life: Eternity of Inanimate Things” at a […]