Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts
October 30, 2024

Derzhprom Under Fire: The Bombing of Kharkiv’s Historic UNESCO cited Skyscraper

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In the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, has long impacted the city of Kharkiv, but Russia's bombing this week struck the his...
March 30, 2024

Stolen Saint: Ukraine Authorities Retrieve the Holy Warrior Bas-Relief of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki from an Online Auction

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After a rare bas-relief appeared in an online auction, with an asking price of 210 thousand Ukrainian Hryvni, historians with the National M...
February 14, 2024

A stolen painting by Ivan Aivazovsky? This work is set to be auctioned in Russia in four days.

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Full Moon Night, 1878  by Ivan  Aivazovsky There are 32 stolen paintings listed in the INTERPOL Works of Art database by the Romantic painte...
February 5, 2024

The Ongoing Struggle Against Illicit Cultural Item Smuggling from Ukraine

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As stated on the official Facebook page of the State Customs Service of Ukraine ,  customs officers in Chernivtsi foiled an attempt to smugg...
October 25, 2023

All that glitters, isn't licit: Ukraine's unethical collectors incentivise black archaeology

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As various art historians confirm,  or negate,   the authenticity of the recently-seized Scythian gold recovered by Spanish and Ukrainian l...
October 23, 2023

Scythian gold grouping illicitly removed from Ukraine recovered by Spain's Policía Nacional

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Officers working with Spain's Policía Nacional have recovered a collection of Scythian, Greek craftsmanship VIII-IVth century BCE gold j...
February 1, 2023

Ukraine very own, "Arsène Lupin" is sentenced to five years in French prison

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In 2018 a painting Le Port de La Rochelle by French Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac was stolen from the Musée de Beaux-Arts in the ci...
December 31, 2022

ARCA looks back on art and crime in the year 2022

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Debris covering stairs inside the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre following a March 16, 2022, bombing in Mariupol, Ukraine. Image Cr...
February 21, 2014

Ukrainian National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ІСОМ) enters plea for international help in protecting Art and Heritage in Kiev

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OPEN LETTER (English version) Outgoing # 6 from February 20th, 2014, Kyiv To: General Director of UNESCO Mrs. Iryna Bokova President o...