Stolen Art Alert

Georgia O’Keeffe’s attempt to reclaim three of her works (Cliffs, Fragments and Seaweed), believed stolen in 1946 and purchased by Barry Snyder in 1975, met a setback when the New Jersey Supreme Court sent the case back for retrial

A symposium on “Preservation and Use of Artistic Cultural Heritage,” featuring preservation authorities and officials from New York and Italy, highlighted evolving conflicts and compromises at work in fashioning national policies regarding the antiquities market.

Hoard seized of ancient coins and gold jewelry stolen from the Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy, in 1977.

Ansel Adams photographs; Peru seeks return of two colonial paintings sold at a May 9 Sotheby Parke Bernet auction and prepares to make the case that 14 other paintings in the sale were stolen.