Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Stolen Art Watch, Picasso, Kuwait, Turkey, Here we go Again !!


Picasso's stolen canvas found in Turkey

http://www.tert.am/en/news/2011/03/28/picasso/
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A stolen canvas by world-famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso has been found and confiscated in Turkey, the Turkish newspaper Radikal reported. After a month of police operations in Balikesir town, the Turkish law enforcers arrested citizen Z G, 41, who held the canvas. The canvas worth $10 million was reportedly stolen from the Kuwait museum in 1991 during the Gulf War.
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Art Hostage Comments:
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This is the second/third Picasso, allegedly stolen from the Kuwait Museum to turn up. The first one was recovered in Iraq a couple of years ago and that supposedly turned out to be a fake.
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See Iraq Picasso story below:
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http://arthostage.blogspot.com/2009/08/stolen-art-watch-picasso-from-kuwait.html

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