Showing posts with label Metropolitan Museum of Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metropolitan Museum of Art. Show all posts
February 29, 2020

Flash Back to Restitutions: Remembering the Apulian dinos, 340-320 B.C.E. attributed to the Darius painter

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A long time ago, in a galaxy seemingly far far away, a red-figure 340-320 B.C.E. Apulian dinos, attributed to the Darius Painter, once ...
February 2, 2020

Supreme Court Asked to Consider Legal Status of Famous Picasso Painting

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A petition for writ of certiorari has been filed asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling dismissing a case against New York’s Me...
October 8, 2019

Unpacking the investigation into Egypt's 2100 year old looted gold coffin

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Shaaban Abdel-Gawad - Head of the Egyptian Department of Repatriation Image Credit: Egyptian Department of Repatriation, Ministry of An...
July 3, 2019

Questions for Christie's with regards to its upcoming sale of the Quartzite head of the young pharaoh portrayed as the ancient god Amun

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Unpacking some miscellaneous thoughts on the upcoming Christie's sale. @ChristiesInc does the name Heinz Herzer sound any alarms?  ...
June 12, 2019

A look at art crime through the eyes of some of ARCA's 2019 postgraduate participants

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By Alexander Taylor, ARCA 2019 Participant  Alexandra is a paintings conservator and a George Alexander Foundation Fellow which supports...
May 5, 2019

Highlights from "The Art of Saving Art: Fragments of Italian History"

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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Carabinieri Command for Cultural Heritage on May 3, 1969, the Palazzo...
February 17, 2019

The Metropolitan Museum, Christophe Kunicki and a Luxor dealer names Tawadros: More questions than answers on recent Egyptian acquisitions

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In researching details related to the acquisition and current restitution of the 1st century Egyptian B.C.E mummiform coffin, inscribed in ...