December 31, 2023

Conflict Heritage: The Fate of Qasr al-Basha Palace (قصر الباشا)

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Gaza, situated on a narrow stretch of land along the Mediterranean, was founded during the Canaanite age (3000 BCE), and is considered as on...
December 20, 2023

And the epigraphic fragment of the marble lararium lived happily ever after...

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Our story begins at the house of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus , a banker from Pompeii, whose residence was found buried under a blanket of ash ...
December 17, 2023

Lost Time, Found Art: The Decade-Long Pursuit of Restitution for Antiquities Smuggled by Douglas Latchford at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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In 2013 the Metropolitan Museum of Art restituted two,10th-century, Koh Ker stone statues, known as the “Kneeling Attendants” to Cambodia.  ...
December 11, 2023

Preserve the Past, Shape the Future: ARCA's Postgraduate program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection is now accepting applications

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Who studies art crime? ARCA's Postgraduate program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection is now accepting applications. ...
December 10, 2023

Acquittal and Mental Health Intervention: US Citizen Behind Israel Museum Vandalism Case

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In an unusual court ruling, the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court has acquitted forty-year-old Stephen Edward Porth, the American citizen fro...
December 8, 2023

Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier and his former Russian client, oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev have settled their acrimonious business dispute

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Image Credit: Anne-Gaëlle Amiot Back in May 2013, Swiss businessman and freeport mogul, Yves Bouvier drew international interest when he neg...
December 6, 2023

New York Authorities return 41 smuggled historical artefacts, dating from the 7th century BCE to the 7th century CE to Turkey

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Yesterday a ceremony was held with officials from the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in New York, where H.E. Gökhan Yazgı, Depu...
December 3, 2023

Claiming Legacies: Italy, Germany, and the Post-WWII Ownership Battle for the Discobolus

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Image Credit: Exhibition Arte Liberata 1937-1947: Masterpieces Saved from War. This past week Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper stir...