Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spain. Show all posts
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...
January 8, 2026

The Partridge Chase: How two Roman toddlers led Spain to a trafficking breakthrough

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Today, two extraordinary Roman bronze genre statues, each depicting a young toddler leaning forward with open arms pursuing a partridge were...
November 3, 2025

From Cairo to Barcelona to The Hague: How One Dealer’s Footprint Lingers in Repatriation Cases

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TEFAF Maastricht 2022 Image Credit: ARCA On 15 April 2024 and 19 April 2024 , ARCA published two articles building on an announcement made ...
October 24, 2025

When a stolen Picasso turns out to not be a stolen Picasso

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The privately-owned Pablo Picasso painting, Still Life with Guitar (1919), which purportedly had vanished en route from Madrid or after its ...
October 18, 2025

Picasso’s Still Life with Guitar Vanishes En Route from Madrid to Granada Exhibition

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Still Life with Guitar (1919) by Pablo Ruiz Picasso 12.7cm by 9.8cm Paper, Gouache & Pencil A privately-owned Pablo Picasso painting,  S...
July 3, 2025

These legal requirements are designed to prevent the illicit removal of historically or culturally significant objects, allowing authorities to assess each item’s provenance and value before it crosses borders.

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Following a two-year investigation, culminating in a coordinated effort between Spain’s Guardia Civil and Italy’s Carabinieri Command for th...
April 1, 2025

The Life and Death of Antiquities Trafficker Leonardo Patterson: A Dealer in Stolen History

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1992 photo of Leonardo Patterson with Pope John Paul II  This morning Arthur Brand posted that Leonardo Augustus Patterson, euphemistically ...
March 22, 2025

Bellerophon’s Return: Spain recovers a stolen antiquity after years on the ancient art market

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A Visigothic silver medallion, dating between the 5th and 7th century CE and depicting the Corinthian hero of Greek mythology Bellerophon on...
January 25, 2025

Crimes, Canvases and Money Laundering: It's an older (and more complicated) crime than many think

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Art is a distinctive asset class, often defined by subjective valuations and discreet sales.  It is also traded in markets where the identit...