March 12, 2026

Never underestimate the power of reading new books to determine the outcomes of antiquities trafficking mysteries

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To bring attention to looting and plunder, the US nonprofit The Antiquities Coalition released a  PDF "Top Ten Most Wanted" serie...
March 10, 2026

Meet Our Alumni: ARCA PG Cert Spotlight Series: Saida Hasanagic, art historian and provenance researcher

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Welcome to ARCA’s PG Cert Alumni Spotlight Series, a collection of in-depth Q&A interviews conducted by Edgar Tijhuis*, highlighting the...
March 8, 2026

The man at the centre of one of Italy's biggest antiquities trafficking scandals, Gianfranco Becchina, has had his fortune restored. Should it have been?

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Today in Italu, it was announced that the Preventive Measures Section of the Palermo Court of Appeal has overturned a sweeping asset confisc...
February 23, 2026

From Skanda Trust to Singapore: Tracing One Spunky Hanuman to Douglas Latchford

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If you read our recent article about the Dong Son bell identified at a museum in Assen and the troubling questions surrounding its provenanc...
February 21, 2026

When Provenance, Policy, and Limited Museum Due Diligence Rings Old (Alarm) Bells

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Few dates have shaped museum acquisition practice as profoundly as 1970. The adoption of the UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting a...
February 14, 2026

Provenance Without Disclosure: The Afterlife Sales of Jeffrey Epstein’s Collection

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"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things  which he can afford to let alone."  - Henry David Thoreau There has been a q...
February 12, 2026

Subsidising Uncertainty: Who Pays For Bad Provenance?

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Last Fall, the French Ministry of Culture took a notable step toward strengthening accountability in the museum sector by preparing a compre...
February 5, 2026

The Long Road Home: The Recovery of San Lucas from Astudillo

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Detail of the altarpiece of the main altar of Santa Eugenia In 1927, a black-and-white photograph published in Historia documentada de la vi...