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- Girolamini Library Theft - Convictions and acquittals in the network of every bookworm's antichristby Unknown on March 17, 2024 at 11:48 am
Last week, after some eleven years and over one hundred and twenty hearings, the Court of Naples, presided over by Maurizio Conte, announced some lengthy sentences and penalties in the pursuit of justice with regards to the 1,500 volumes of historical interest and textual treasures that were pilfered from the Biblioteca e Complesso monumentale dei Girolamini. Sentencing la banda degli (dis)onestiOn 12 March 2024 the first criminal section of […]
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- Art Theft: Athens UPDATEDby noreply@blogger.com (Mark) on January 9, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Two paintings by Pablo Picasso - "Female Head" which was donated by the artist to the Greek people in recognition for their fight against the Nazis during WWII (pictured at top right) - and Piet Mondrian - "Mill," a 1905 oil painting (pictured at bottom right) - as well as a sketch of St Diego de Alcala by 16th century Italian artist Guglielmo Caccia were stolen from the National Art Gallery in Athens, Greece on Monday morning. According to the […]
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- The Stern Collection in New York: Cycladic or Cycladicising?by David Gill on January 26, 2024 at 11:00 pm
Courtesy of Christos TsirogiannisThere appears to be excitement about the display of 161 Cycladicising objects at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (Nikolas Zois, "The Cyclades in New York City", ekathimerini.com January 26, 2024).Doubts have already been raised by eminent archaeologist Christos Doumas that the collection contains modern creations. Have these concerns been addressed by those who have organised this display of ungrounded […]
- Alleged Bubon Smuggling Network Widensby Derek Fincham on September 7, 2023 at 7:57 pm
An ancient Roman bronze bust has been seized from the Worcester Art Museum. The seizure is the latest recovery by the Manhattan district attorney’s office Antiquities Trafficking Unit, which also includes material from the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Met, Fordham University and Christie’s. Details on the seizure from Worcester are difficult to ascertain, as … Continue reading "Alleged Bubon Smuggling Network Widens"
- Government Set To Push Through Football Regulator Within Weeksby Tom Scotson on March 14, 2024 at 10:00 am
The Government is expected to introduce the Football Governance Bill to parliament within weeks, which will bring forward a regulator despite the Premier League having failed to come to a financial deal.
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