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- Kwame Opoku – How long will Europeans and other Westerners keep insulting Africans in Restitution Matters?
- The Final Knoedler Forgery Lawsuit, Over a $5.5 Million Fake Rothko, Has Been Settled, Closing the Book on a Sordid Drama
- Zurückgeben. Die Restitution afrikanischer Kulturgüter
- Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire
- At the Crossroads of Cultural Heritage Preservation: SCOTUS Rules on the Peace Cross and the Establishment Clause
- El Salvador Seeks U.S. Renewal of Cultural Property MoU
- CPAC Considers Import Restrictions on Cultural Property from Chile and Jordan
- The Met's Surrender of a Gilded Egyptian Coffin Presents a Golden Opportunity to Deter Antiquities Looting
- Jordan Seeks U.S. Import Restrictions to Protect Archaeological Heritage
- Paul Barford’s Portable Antiquities and Heritage Issues
- Derek Fincham’s Illicit Cultural Property
- David Gill’s Looting Matters
- Conflict Antiquities
- mental health and treasure-hunting
- sex and treasure: women’s participation in looting and trafficking of Mediterranean antiquities
- multi-commodity trafficking or poly-trafficking in the Mediterranean: antiquities and narcotics in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey
- there are problems with the presentation of evidence by police and journalists in Turkey, in the case that inadvertently involves Gökhan Sarıgöl
- unidentified lawyers, unnamed clients, unidentified court ruling, unspecified requests…
- The Association for Research into Crimes against Art
- Museum Theft: Numismatic thieves also strike at the Museo Civico Archeologico in Castiglion Fiorentino
- Museum Theft: Museo di San Mamiliano in Sovana, Italy
- Book Review – Females in the Frame, Women, Art and Crime
- Exhibition commemorating the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht: Treasured Belongings: The Hahn Family & the Search for a Stolen Legacy
- The cathedral of Oloron-Sainte-Marie was attacked in a smash and grab
- Larry Rothfield’s The Punching Bag
- Against "Displacement": A Thought about Hilgert's "Culture Matters"
- 100 antiquities police officers needed, 7 on the books
- A due diligence checklist -- the starting point for a calibrated taxing system for antiquities or for a registration system
- A possible second-best solution for orphaned antiquities?
- U.S. Senators are pushing for Native American Artifact legislation -- but will it do any good?
- Elginism — Repatriation Issues
- Lee Rosenbaum’s CultureGrrl
- Discriminatingly Nondiscriminatory: MoMA Expands the Canon (but Leaves Out Native Americans)
- Picasso Fiasco: Jarring Juxtapositions & Missed Connections at the New MoMA
- “Getty Fire” Update: “Improved but Still Active”
- Worse Than 2017: The Getty’s Emergency Response to the Fire on Its Property
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UPDATED > Sleeping Beauty: Seizure of Sarcophagus in New York Shows Value of Becchina Dossier
UPDATE September 2014: Japanese dealer Noriyoshi Horiuchi has agreed to return the sarcophagus lid to Italy in a stipulation reached with the federal government. Rick St. Hilaire has the news here. UPDATE: After a 13 year legal battle, Switzerland has returned to … Continue reading
The Becchina Dossier: A New Window into the Illicit Trade
Italian culture reporter Fabio Isman has an important story in the current issue of the Art Newspaper [no link available yet] about Gianfranco Becchina, the retired Sicilian antiquities dealer who now faces trial in Rome for conspiracy to traffic in … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, Fabio Isman, Getty Museum, Gianfranco Becchina, illicit antiquities, Loot, looting, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sicily, The Art Newspaper
Asia Week Raids: New Details on the Christie’s Seizures
This week, a series of five federal raids during New York’s Asia week led to the seizure of at least eight looted antiquities and the arrest of at least one dealer. This is the first of several posts that … Continue reading
Optical Due Diligence: Art Loss Register Claims To Vet Ancient Art. Does it?
UPDATE 8/9/14: The Sunday Times has published another devastating report on the Art Loss Register’s business practices. ALR Founder Julian Radcliffe admits paying thieves to recover stolen art in a dozen cases and is described as a “fence” by senior European … Continue reading
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Tagged antiquities, Art Loss Register, Bonhams, Carabinieri, Christies, David Gill, due diligence, Julian Radcliffe, Sotheby's, Subhash Kapoor
The Getty’s Looted Amber: A Window into the Museum’s Deepening Dilemma
In Saturday’s Los Angeles Times, I have a story about Getty Museum’s efforts to find the true origins of its massive antiquities collection. Here’s how the story starts: In the wake of a scandal over its acquisition of looted antiquities, … Continue reading
Tagged ancient amber, Arthur Houghton, Ascoli Satriano, Claire Lyons, Colin Renfrew, Faya Causey, Fritz Burki, Giacomo Medici, Gianfranco Becchina, Gordon McLendon, Head of Hades, J. Paul Getty Museum, James Cuno, Jiri Frel, looted antiquities, Marion True, Morgantina, Robert Hecht, Robin Symes, Tax fraud
Dallas Museum of Art Returns Orpheus Mosaic, Five Other Looted Treasures in Announcing New Art Loans Initiative
The Dallas Museum of Art has agreed to return six looted antiquities from its collection and announced a broad new initiative to exchange expertise and artwork with cultural institutions around the world. “The problems of illegal excavation and the illicit … Continue reading
Kapoor Case: Investigation into Stolen Indian Idols Will Test Museum Transparency
The investigation of antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor, which made international headlines this week when federal agents raided his Manhattan warehouse, promises to shine a bright light on the illicit trade in antiquities smuggled out of India and other South Asian countries … Continue reading
Castor and Pollux, Forgeries and Loot: Reflections on the Arnold Peter Weiss Case
Looting and forgery are the Castor and Pollux of the antiquities trade, bound together by a love of murky origins. That appears to be the lesson of the guilty plea earlier this month by coin dealer Dr. Arnold Peter Weiss, … Continue reading
The Year of Aphrodite: Book Launch Plus 365
One year ago, Chasing Aphrodite hit bookstores. The amazing success we’ve enjoyed over the past twelve months is humbling, and we thought it a good opportunity to thank you, our most dedicated fans. Thank you for everything you’ve done to … Continue reading
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