Oct 9, 2026

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The FBI's online gallery of stolen art

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Part museum, part wanted poster. You can scroll through thousands of missing works, and it's oddly addictive wondering where they all ended up.

The FBI National Stolen Art File lists more than 8,000 paintings, sculptures and other "culturally-significant property" that has found its way out of galleries, museums and private collections and into swag bags. The sprawling online gallery provides a description, dimensions, artist, and, if available, a photograph. — Read the rest

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