August 28, 2020

When a work of art is particularly popular among thieves. "Two Laughing Boys" has been stolen three times.

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On 26 August 2020 the beautiful Hofje van Mevrouw van Aerden Museum in Leerdam, which houses a unique collection of 17th-century painting...
August 25, 2020

3.4 million LiveAuctioneers users suffer at the hands of a data breach

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On July 12 New York-based art, antiques, and collectibles online marketplace LiveAuctioneers gave their online auction users some bad n...
August 11, 2020

Dying to get away with it: How one defendant's death may thwart justice for the people of Cambodia, Thailand, and India

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Douglas Latchford's Facebook page photo on 9 November 2017, two years before he was indicted in the USA Wire fraud, smuggling, ...
August 7, 2020

A thanks to our readership on Twitter and Facebook

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Five days ago, ARCA's art crime and cultural heritage protection blog began experiencing problems on the Facebook Platform postin...
August 6, 2020

An intimate snapshot of Beirut's devastation through a look at the Sursock Palace and Museum

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The Sursock Palace ravaged by the double explosion at the port of Beirut on Tuesday Image Credit: Basel Dalloul For fifteen years, mu...
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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...
July 29, 2020

A flourishing trade in illicit antiquities despite what the market wants the public to believe

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Way back in February 1998 thieves arrived at the Baroli Temples Complex on the outskirts of Rawatbhata taluk, one of the earliest templ...
July 24, 2020

Restitution in the time of COVID-19: A fertility statuette representing a mother goddess returns to Iraq

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Modeled from clay and painted, this female figurine replete with voluptuous curves, and depicted naked and sitting with her arms folded ...
July 20, 2020

Auction Alert: Gorny & Mosch - four plus four more

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Last Wednesday ARCA wrote about four canopic jars of Djed-Ka-Re, Vizier of Upper Egypt coming up for auction with Gorny & Mosch in G...
July 17, 2020

Greek Police arrest accountant for the possession of 5,533 ancient coins and other antiquities.

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Image Credit:  Hellenic Police Services On Wednesday, 15 July 2020 a 64-year-old accountant was taken into custody in Greece following ...
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