Showing posts with label art destruction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art destruction. Show all posts
August 30, 2015

Confirmed - Islamic State has Destroyed the Ancient Temple of Bel in Syria's Palmyra

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Just one day after UN training and research agency UNITAR had confirmed via satellite images that Palmyra's Baalshamin Temple was des...
August 27, 2015

The Demise of the Petrified Mermaid of Chalkidiki

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By Angelina Giovani, ARCA 2014 Alumna Don’t blame the mermaid. In some places of the world, art is always welcome. Greece used to be ...
August 25, 2015

Further Information Dating Destruction of the Temple of Baal Shamin

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News sources reported earlier this week via  Maamoun Abdul Karim, of Syria's DGAM that  the Islamic State militants recently destroyed t...
August 22, 2015

Cultural Terrorism in Moscow: The Enemies of Classical Art in Russia and their Protectors

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Article reprinted in its entirety with the consent of the author,  Alexander Baunov , senior associate at the Carnegie Moscow Center.   The...
July 17, 2015

LIFE and times: a look back on the destruction of Italian cultural heritage in WWII

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By Hal Johnson, ARCA 2014 alumnus and DNA Consultant Timing can be everything. I had just returned home to Chicago a week after attend...
August 13, 2013

Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Theft: Defense Lawyer claims five of the seven paintings can be returned if trial is moved from Romania to The Netherlands (Trial in Bucharest Suspended until September 10)

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Lucian Freud, Woman with Eyes Closed , 2002 by Catherine Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor The good news is that the alleged thieves have o...
July 25, 2013

Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Theft: The New Yorker blogs on Claim that Mother of Suspect Burned Stolen Paintings from the Triton Foundation

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Now on blog of The New Yorker  writer Betsy Morais has weighed in today with " How to Catch an Art Thief When the Evidence Has Been ...