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- Camorra, trovati due quadri di Van Gogh: rubati nel 2002
- Marcello Dell’Utri, procura di Napoli chiede il processo per peculato per i libri spariti dalla biblioteca Girolamini – Il Fatto Quotidiano
- Sentences handed down in high-profile case over Drouot thefts
- Staying Ahead of the Forgers – Sep 05 2016 07:00 AM – Breaking News – Chromatography Today
- Cultural Heritage Lawyer Rick St. Hilaire
- ICC Sentences War Criminal to Prison for Destroying Timbuktu Heritage [VIDEO]
- Protecting Cultural Heritage by Revising the Customs Entry Form
- One Side of the Coin: ACCG Re-Argues Previously Decided Legal Issues in Baltimore Test Case
- Shouldn't Art and Antiquities Sellers Be Subject to Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing Laws?
- Disturbing Evidence of Genocide and Heritage Destruction by ISIS Revealed at UN Congress
- Paul Barford’s Portable Antiquities and Heritage Issues
- Derek Fincham’s Illicit Cultural Property
- David Gill’s Looting Matters
- Conflict Antiquities
- International Arts and Antiquities Security Forum (IAASF), Gateshead Quayside, 11th November 2016
- ISIS and the missing treasures, the missing treasures and ISIS?
- illicit antiquities – call for papers
- Of fingers and forgeries – illicit Palmyrene art
- Were these ‘Palmyrene statues’ ‘recently excavated’? At least one appears to be a forgery.
- The Association for Research into Crimes against Art
- 2 Vincent Van Gogh Paintings Recovered in Italy, Suspected Camorra Entanglements
- When opportunity has knocked, art thieves often have a preference for works of art attributed to Vincent Van Gogh
- February 10, 2008 - Museum Theft, Foundation E.G. Bührle, Switzerland
- April 26, 2003 - Museum Theft, The Whitworth Art Gallery at The University of Manchester, Manchester, England
- May 13, 1999 - Private Collection Theft, F. van Lanschot Bankiers NV, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
- Larry Rothfield’s The Punching Bag
- Parcak's Peru Project: What about the looters?
- If Florence can lease its piazzas, why can't museums lease antiquities to raise $ to protect sites?
- "Safe haven" self-justifies collector/curator/dealer in smuggling Pakistani artifacts
- Imagine if Hobby Lobby had had to pay a Pigovian tax on the antiquities it purchased
- Antiquities Under Siege recommendation made 8 years ago now being taken up
- Elginism — Repatriation Issues
- Mock Trial : Greece vs UK – The Parthenon Sculptures - A moot court is being held at Monash University in Melbourne to discuss the issue
- Talk by Dr Tom Flynn on the Parthenon Sculptures - Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles: breaking the deadlock?
- Export bans – is Britain a cultural one way street? - Why do we feel other countries should share their culture, but then place bans on the export of our own
- Elginism is now on Instagram - An expanded social media presence
- Parthenon restoration focus shifts to west pediment - A new phase in the ongoing CCAM restoration of the Acropolis site in Athens
- Lee Rosenbaum’s CultureGrrl
- Wilsey or Won’t She? FASMF’s Board Head Defies Regime Change (plus: Albright-Knox name change)
- Tech Crash at Metropolitan Museum: “Digital Underground” Buried? UPDATED
- “Polemical History Lesson”: Illustrated Companion to my WSJ Piece on the Brooklyn Museum’s American Rehang
- Adulated Adjaye: Acclaimed in DC, Under-the-Radar in NYC (with video) UPDATED
- Carmen Herrera, 101-Year-Old Overnight Success, Gets Her Whitney Close-Up (with video)
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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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