Oct 1, 2023 | News & Trending
A headless bronze statute of Marcus Aurelius has been seized by New York law enforcement from a museum in Ohio, worth $20 million. According to Turkish officials, the oversized bronze statue of a man in draped embroidered cloth and carefully figured sandals was stolen...
Sep 5, 2022 | Art, Culture, Museums, News & Trending
The Guelph Treasure art dispute between a German museum and the heirs of Jewish art dealers has been dismissed by a U.S. court for a second time, over jurisdictional issues. The Welfenschatz, or Guelph Treasure, is a 200 million euro hoard of silver and gold church...
Jul 25, 2022 | Art, Museums, New York, News & Trending
Looted artifacts are on their way back to Italy, as New York investigators hand over 142 objects they’ve seized in the past year. A third of the stolen assortment came from the collection of Mr. Steinhardt, a billionaire antiquities collector who was made to...
Jun 20, 2022 | Art, Culture, Museums, News & Trending
The Parthenon Marbles should be given back to Greece but the shared custody suggested by George Osborn would still be progress. The Parthenon Marbles, which once decorated the pediments of the Great Parthenon in Athens, are 21 carved figures in deep relief. They were...
May 30, 2022 | Art, Culture, Museums, News & Trending
Looty: a digital restitution project is making NFTs from stolen art while museums drag their feet about returning it. Despite the name, the creators of Looty maintain that their work is entirely legal. They visit museums displaying art stolen from Africa, use phones...
