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How a museum is protecting the $100M de Kooning painting 37 years after it was stolen
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPHOENIX — Six years before a valuable Willem de Kooning painting was stolen in 1985, the director of...
From dusty bedroom to the Getty Museum: Long-lost de Kooning painting is back on exhibit
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, a worker at the J. Paul Getty Museum put the finishing touches in...
The art heist saga with a happy ending: What to know about the stolen de Kooning on view in Arizona
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn the day after Thanksgiving in 1985, a man and a woman entered the nearly deserted University of...
These antique dealers found a stolen de Kooning painting. Now they’re the toast of the art world
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLOS ANGELES — David Van Auker and Buck Burns stepped off an elevator and into a second-floor gallery...
This is the saga of Arizona's famous stolen de Kooning painting
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe painting was obviously stolen. David Van Auker stashed it behind his couch, wrapped in a...
Stolen de Kooning painting makes its way back to Arizona under cloak of darkness
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTUCSON – The first sign that something big was happening came when University of Arizona police cars...
Teacher Couple Suspected in $100 Million de Kooning Theft May Have Stolen More Art
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCourtesy the University of Arizona Museum of Art / Bob Demers / UA News. Artwork © 2022 The Willem...
New FBI clues reveal more about the mysterious couple who had a stolen de Kooning painting
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJerry and Rita Alter were New York City retirees who traveled the world. A stolen painting worth...
Arizona museum exhibit marks end to de Kooning painting saga
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter a Willem de Kooning painting worth millions was brazenly stolen in 1985 from an Arizona...
Memory Lane: Artist called painting sessions with JFK in Palm Beach like a 'fairy tale'
The Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter completing several early 1960s sessions sketching President John F. Kennedy at his family’s...