The largest cultural property case ever investigated by the FBI’s Art Crime Team has been acknowledged by the Archaeological Institute of America with its 2025 Outstanding Public Service Award. Argus CPC founder and managing director Tim Carpenter led the FBI’s recovery of over 7,000 items from the rural Indiana property of Don Miller, who spent…
Argus CPC partner Geoffrey Kelly recently sat down with retired FBI agent, author and podcaster Jerri Williams to discuss his investigation of Robert Mardirosian for possession of stolen art and the recovery, over 30 years after the crime occurred, of a Paul Cézanne painting valued at $29 million and other artwork stolen during the largest…
Argus Cultural Property Consultants is pleased to sponsor this year’s Art Law Conference at the Brooklyn Law School. This annual conference is organized by the Center for Art Law, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that offers educational resources and programming for the advancement of a vibrant arts and law community. The various case studies presented at the conference illustrate…
On Friday, Christ Church Art Gallery, Oxford, together with the Thames Valley Police, announced the recovery of one of three paintings stolen in March of 2020 from the famous campus. Salvator Rosa’s A Rocky Coast, with Soldiers Studying a Plan was taken in a daring overnight heist on the very evening that the university went…
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Argus Cultural Property Consultants, a prestigious firm featuring the foremost team of highly experienced professionals in the cultural property protection industry. Founded by Tim Carpenter, former head of the world-renowned FBI Art Crime Team, along with some of the best names in the industry, Argus Cultural Property…