Send us a textCover art - The Scream, fingerprint ink on police print card done in thumb print, 2" x 1-1/4", 2004 copyright Charles Vincent SabbaThe following are links for Charles Sabba's artwork, blog and articles with La Voce di New York.Show Notes0:00 Sabba’s great-grandfather3:45 retired police captain4:15 duCret School of Art in Plainfield, NJ4:50 1986 - Austrialian Cultural Terrorists stole Weeping Woman by Picasso6:20 NYPD Art Theft Investigator 3:40 US Navy 7:30 Naples, Italy8:35 federal corrections’ witness protection unit11:20 School of Visual Arts 11:40 Betty Thompkins11:44 Andrew Gensel11:45 Anton van Dalen and his show at the PPOW Gallery 12:25 Fred DePalma13:00 influence of his police work on his art14:30 documentary Defending the Peninsula18:00 the era of power and money over cultural patrimony18:40 Napoleon’s looting of Italy 20:30 Monuments Men21:55 1800s Papal Edict governing exportation of works from Italy 22:30 1947 article 9 of Italy’s Constitution 23:50 collection of Gardner Museum 24:35 Vermeer’s The Concert purchased by Gardner26:00 Getty Trust - fight over Euphronios Krater with the Met27:45 Manhattan DA’s office April 2022 seizure28:30 Lysippos di Fano Bronze34:30 agreement to table discussion about return of Lysippos pending Italian court ruling36:45 assertion that the Lysippos is Greek not Italian39:30 status of request for return of Lysippos39:50 History Channel television series Histories Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan41:00 paint chips sent to Boston Herald related to Gardner Heist44:00 1997 - William Youngworth negotiated with Gardner Museum for return of stolen works via prosecutors45:45 Chicago-based Expert Walter McCrone determined paint chips were from Rembrandt.48:35 1998 - Vermeer expert 49:10 2003 - Dr. Hubert von Sonnenburg, Chairman of Paintings Conservation at The Met, found chips were consistent with the Vermeer50:00 Dr. Jennifer Mass’ opinion about the Sonnenberg’s opinion on the paint chips 52:30 Sabba’s painting practice reflects his interest in art crime - fingerprint paintings53:50 Sabba’s portraits of individuals involved in art crime 55:25 Art critic Jerry Saltz56:30 Y Gallery58:15 artists that speak to social issues, e.g., prison reform1:01:25 Sophie Calle: Last Seen1:02:05 climate activists’ attacks on soft targets1:06:40 Justice defined1:09:20 LegacyPlease share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]

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