Showing posts with label illicit cultural property. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illicit cultural property. Show all posts
January 29, 2026

Ancient Women, Modern Crime: How Etruscan Women Were Trafficked Across the World

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I have long been fascinated by the reddish-buff clay figures of barefoot women placed along the eaves of ancient Etruscan roofs. Dressed in ...
October 21, 2025

Train with ARCA in the World’s Longest-Running Programme in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection

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The Association for Research into Crimes against Art is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for its 2026 Postgraduate Certif...
October 8, 2025

Caveat Emptor: What the Dancing Maenad Can Tell Us About the Market for Looted Art

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Christie's 2019 Auction In November 2019, ARCA published a blog post raising questions about a 5th-century BCE polychrome antefix depict...
October 28, 2024

Protecting the Past, Shaping the Future: ARCA’s Two 2025 Postgraduate Certificate Programmes in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage

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In 2025, ARCA is breaking new ground by offering not one, but two Postgraduate Certificate Programmes in art crime and cultural heritage.  W...
February 8, 2024

Reclaimed Heritage: A Cambodian Buddha Goes Home

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Seized by Swiss authorities in the Canton of Basel 10 years ago, this 18th or19th century (Khmer empire) Buddha, seated in vajraparyankasana...
April 4, 2022

The sometimes slow and sometimes fast return of historical artefacts pillaged from Libya

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Cyrene, Northern Necropolis. The Sculptured Tomb/Cassels from Pacho 1827 Parallel with the start of the First Libyan Civil War, the Security...
March 21, 2021

Recovered: Greek authorities recover a 5th century BCE headless marble statue of a seated male

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Following a multi-month investigation, authorities with the Hellenic Police have recovered an extraordinary 5th century BCE statue  believed...
December 11, 2020

Restitution: Cybele, the Anatolia goddess of Phrygia, finally goes home

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Image Credit: Turkish Consulate General in New York After a four and a half year stalemate in an international custody battle between a coll...
July 30, 2020

Restitution: Lot 448, Christie's

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Early last November we wrote a blog post asking Christie's about an interesting polychrome painted 5th century BCE antefix in the f...