Degas pastel stolen in 2009 found on bus near Paris

A pastel by Edgar Degas, Les Choristes (circa 1877), stolen from the Musée Cantini in Marseille in 2009, was discovered by French customs officers on February 16, 2018, during a routine check on a bus at a rest area east of Paris. The work, valued at €800,000 and measuring 32 x 27 cm, depicts singers performing. It had been on loan from the Musée d'Orsay for a temporary exhibition at the Musée Cantini and was taken between December 30-31, 2009, with no signs of break-in, suggesting an inside job. No arrests have been made, as passengers denied ownership of the luggage. French Culture Minister Françoise Nyssen called the loss a heavy blow to French Impressionist heritage. The work was on Interpol's most-wanted list. The Musée d'Orsay now awaits its return after nearly a decade. The article also recounts the recovery of Gustav Klimt's Zwei Liegende, stolen from the Neue Galerie Der Stadt Linz in 1951 and returned in 2017, now on view at the Lentos Art Museum in Linz until May 21, 2018.