January 31, 2020

Vasil Bozhkov's antiquities collection ordered to be seized by Bulgarian authorities

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The National Museum of History (NIM) has received a prosecutorial decree and a letter from the Ministry of Culture to seize and accept ...

Gallery Theft - Dalí authorized sculptures taken from the Galleri Couleur in Stockholm

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A large number of authorized bronze sculptures, created with the permission of the Spanish Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, were stol...
January 29, 2020

30 art objects held in precautionary seizure at the Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts fair

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Begun in 1956, BRAFA, the eight day Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts fair (Salone dell'Antiquariato e dell'Arte di Bruxelles) ...
January 21, 2020

Cairo Criminal Court in Abdin convicts former Italian diplomat for antiquities smuggling

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Image Credit Left: https://www.radiolfc.net/tag/m-skakal/ Image Credit Right:  Italian Carabinieri Today the Cairo Criminal Court in A...

Five Masters Paintings, representing the GDR's largest art theft are finally coming home, but where they have been for 40 years and who was responsible for stealing them remains a mystery

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With their authenticity confirmed, five old masters paintings,  "Portrait of an Old Man"  from the Rembrandt workshop (prob...

When fakes and false provenance go hand in hand.

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At the end of this month a German dentist from Neuss will answer to allegations of fraud in the Düsseldorf District Court for allegedly t...

Marc Masurovsky returns to Amelia this summer to teach "Provenance Research, Theory and Practice” at ARCA's Postgraduate Program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection

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By Edgar Tijhuis   This year, the ARCA Postgraduate Program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection will be held from May 29...
January 20, 2020

Conference: Violated National Heritage: Theft, Trafficking and Restitution

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The Society for the History of Collecting together with the V & A Museum present the following event.  Event:  Violated National Her...

Trial begins with the testimony of witnesses in the case against Raouf Boutros Ghali, while Egypt continues to seek the arrest of Italy’s former honorary consul in Luxor, Ladislav Otakar Skakal

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Image Credit Al Dostor News During a court hearing on Sunday, January 19, the Cairo Criminal Court of Abdin, headed by Counselor Mohame...
January 19, 2020

Flashback Sunday: ARCA's Postgraduate Program: From the eyes of one of our alumni - Part I

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I’m not sure whether it makes more sense to say that we’re only halfway through with the ARCA postgraduate program or that we’re alread...