May 3, 2024

Carabinieri Command: Safeguarding Italy's Cultural Heritage for 55 years

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Fifty-five years ago today, on May 3, 1969, a crucial chapter in the protection of Italy's rich cultural heritage was written with the e...
May 2, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected the J. Paul Getty Museum’s appeal and upholds the decision issued by Italian authorities on the recovery of the “Victorious Youth”

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Image Credit: S. King Today on May 2, 2024 the First Section of the European Court of Human Rights, also known as the Strasbourg Court,...
April 26, 2024

Georgia's Prosecutor Pursues Criminal Charges Against Four Nationals in Book Theft Investigation

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Yesterday Bakur Abuladze, First Deputy Prosecutor General of Georgia announced the arrest of four individuals in the Eastern European countr...
April 23, 2024

When a money launderer's art collection comes up for auction

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Photo Credit ANP Once upon a time, the individual pictured above, Jan-Dirk Paarlberg had a prominent place in the Quote 500,  with a fortune...
April 20, 2024

Christ Church Picture Gallery painting by Baroque painter Salvator Rosa recovered in Romania

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On 19 April 2024 Christ Church,  a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England,  announced the recovery of one of thre...
April 19, 2024

Spain's antiquities dealer arrest and the importance of facts-based reporting

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TEFAF Maastricht 2022 Image Credit: ARCA Earlier this week, ARCA published an article building on an announcement made by  Spain's Minis...
April 15, 2024

Arrest made in Spain on Egyptian antiquities smuggling case.

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TEFAF Maastricht 2020 Image Credit: ARCA According to Spain's Ministry of the Interior, following an investigation begun in 2023, the P...
March 30, 2024

Stolen Saint: Ukraine Authorities Retrieve the Holy Warrior Bas-Relief of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki from an Online Auction

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After a rare bas-relief appeared in an online auction, with an asking price of 210 thousand Ukrainian Hryvni, historians with the National M...
March 26, 2024

Judgment entered in favor of Plaintiff (Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc). against Defendant (Dirk D. Obbink)

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In early June 2021 Hobby Lobby Inc, owned by craft store mogul, David Green,  filed a Civil Complaint for fraud against former professor Dir...

18 May 2024 - 2024 New Zealand Art Crime Symposium - Art Crime Research Today

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Sponsored by:  The  New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust Date:  Saturday, 18 May 2024 Location:    RHLT3 (Lecture Theatre 3) Rutherford Hous...