Egypt
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine)
- Egypt Court Jails Officials Over Van Gogh Theft
Los Angeles Times An Egyptian court Thursday jailed five officials, including a former head of the state's fine arts department, over the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, state media said. "Vase with Viscaria" was stolen...
- 11 Sentenced Over Museum Theft
Bikya Masr (Joseph Mayton) An Egyptian court late Tuesday sentenced 11 culture ministry officials to three years in prison over their negligence in the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum. Despite the guilty verdict, all have been...
- Fallout From The Theft Of The Poppy Flowers
Egypt Daily News (Hadeel Al-Shalchi) With the alarms out and few cameras working, the thieves took advantage of the afternoon period when security guards were busy praying during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The thieves used a box cutter to slice...
- Security Concerns Close Nubian Museum For 2 Weeks
Luxor Times Van Gogh could never have imagined it. Dr. Zahi Hawass announced that a specialised company was chosen to work on an intensive project to replace the surveillance cameras and security system including the alarms which are out of date and suffer...
- Egyptian Deputy Minister Detained Over Van Gogh Theft
Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered the detention of deputy minister for culture Mohsen Shalaan in a case which involved the theft of a painting by Van Gogh from the Mahmoud Khalil museum in Cairo. The painting known as "poppy flowers" was stolen from...
Egypt
Egypt to Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
Bloomberg Businessweek (Alaa Shahine)
Egypt plans to set up a security control room to monitor all museums after the theft of a $55 million Vincent van Gogh painting in Cairo, Zahi Hawass, head of the country’s antiquities agency said today.
Culture Minister Faruq Hosni also has formed a committee to review security measures after the theft at the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Hawass said in an e-mailed statement.
The committee “aims to review all current measures used to secure works of art, as well as what is needed” to improve security, said Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Antiquities. The panel will work with the National Security Agency to train museum personnel, he said. . . . .
Only seven out of 43 security cameras were functioning and none of the alarms attached to the museum’s paintings was working, the public prosecutor told reporters on Aug. 22 at the museum after the theft had been discovered.
- Egypt Court Jails Officials Over Van Gogh Theft
Los Angeles Times An Egyptian court Thursday jailed five officials, including a former head of the state's fine arts department, over the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 million, state media said. "Vase with Viscaria" was stolen...
- 11 Sentenced Over Museum Theft
Bikya Masr (Joseph Mayton) An Egyptian court late Tuesday sentenced 11 culture ministry officials to three years in prison over their negligence in the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum. Despite the guilty verdict, all have been...
- Fallout From The Theft Of The Poppy Flowers
Egypt Daily News (Hadeel Al-Shalchi) With the alarms out and few cameras working, the thieves took advantage of the afternoon period when security guards were busy praying during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The thieves used a box cutter to slice...
- Security Concerns Close Nubian Museum For 2 Weeks
Luxor Times Van Gogh could never have imagined it. Dr. Zahi Hawass announced that a specialised company was chosen to work on an intensive project to replace the surveillance cameras and security system including the alarms which are out of date and suffer...
- Egyptian Deputy Minister Detained Over Van Gogh Theft
Egypt's top prosecutor has ordered the detention of deputy minister for culture Mohsen Shalaan in a case which involved the theft of a painting by Van Gogh from the Mahmoud Khalil museum in Cairo. The painting known as "poppy flowers" was stolen from...