We all thought that Robert De Niro's testimony in court would prove to be the most dramatic moment in the art theft trial of a gallery director accused of pocketing $77,000 from the sale of De Niro's father's paintings. But it turns out that all the really nutty, overly-dramatic stuff was actually going on behind-the-scenes between deliberating jurors who name-dropped Hillary Clinton, cursed at each other, and brought 20 million Afghan refugees into the mix. more ›

A man was caught stealing an $85,000 nude painting from a Chelsea gallery when he attempted to resell it the next day. 41-year-old Robert Fahey went to DJT Fine Art Gallery and pulled the old "fire some questions at the manager and ask to see something in the back," followed by the "grab the painting and run like hell" move once the gallery manager was out of sight. But within twenty-four hours, cops got a tip that Fahey was already trying to hock "Blue Nude #10" and arrested him at his Woodside home. The Post points out more than once that the theft was nothing like Pierce Brosnan's Thomas Crown Affair, but fails to mention how close it was to the methods utilized by AC Slater asking a sporting goods salesman for hogskin footballs in the "U2 Tickets" episode of Saved by the Bell. more ›