Stolen Paintings Returned to Harwood Museum of Art in Taos 40 Years After Heist

Purloined paintings returned to Harwood Museum after 40-year absence

Two stolen works of art were returned to the University of New Mexico's Harwood Museum of Art in Taos on Monday, after four decades and an FBI investigation.

Stolen paintings returned to Harwood Museum of Art in Taos 40 years after heist

TAOS, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a case of disappearing artwork that went cold and was nearly forgotten. Now, decades later, two missing paintings are back in their rightful home inside a northern New Mexico museum. The missing paintings vanished from a Taos art museum 40 years ago. It turns out those pieces were in the same New Mexico home where another valuable stolen painting was found years ago. Story continues below Job News: NM proposes rule a…

FBI returns stolen artwork to museum in Taos

38-year-old art heist comes to a close

FBI returns stolen paintings to UNM s Harwood Museum of Art and Taos community 40 years after art heist

Extensive FBI investigation results in the homecoming of two Taos treasures by Taos Society of Artists Victor Higgins and Joseph Henry Sharp Aspens and Oklahoma Cheyenne (also known as Indian Boy in Full Dress), stolen off Harwood Museum walls in 1985. The stolen works will be revealed to the public on June 6, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. MDT. (NewMediaWire) - May 22, 2025 - TAOS, N.M. – It has been a nearly forgotten, 40-year circuitous path for two braz…

FBI returns stolen art to Harwood

Two stolen Taos Society of Artists' paintings were returned to the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos Monday (May 12), closing a 40-year mystery and extensive FBI investigation. “It’s a joy