Italy and Getty sign antiquities deal
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Italian officials said they will drop a civil lawsuit in the trial of the J. Paul Getty Museum's former curator after the Los Angeles institution formally signed a deal Tuesday to return 40 contested artifacts.
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An unusual combination of classicists, engineers and archaeologists unveil something not even HBO and Hollywood could manage â a complete 3-D model of Rome, circa 320 A.D.
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âNostoi: Recovered Masterpiecesâ does not pull its punches in explaining how objects made their way abroad: They were looted from Italian archaeological sites.
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The Yankees held a news conference yesterday to announce a partnership with a memorabilia company. A bounty of artifacts was on display at Yankee Stadium, including a glass case with nine autographed baseballs.
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Going, going, gone? Not if Italy's police can stop renowned auction house Christie's from selling a painting they believe was stolen from an art shop in Rome.
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An Ethiopian national treasure, the  ancient Axum Obelisk that was plundered by Italian fascist  invaders in 1937, will be returned by Rome in April, Italy's  Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Duccio, which was purchased for more than $45 million, is a quiet, serious gem that responsibly fills a gap in the museum's collection.
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MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...
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Italy has asked the New York collector Shelby White to consider returning more than 20 ancient artifacts that it argues were illegally mined from its soil.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum announced on Monday that it had agreed to hand over an ancient gold funerary wreath and a marble statue that were illegally excavated and removed from Greece.
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Abu Dhabi agreed today to pay that much to attach the Louvreâs name to a new museum it hopes to open in 2012.
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The Getty Museum in Los Angeles signs a deal in Rome to return 40 priceless artefacts allegedly stolen from Italy.
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Greece can expect the return of two ancient masterpieces, including a 4th century BCE gold funerary wreath, under an agreement with California's J. Paul Getty Museum, announced on Monday.Comment
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On Wednesday the J. Paul Getty Museum announced that it had acquired Irving Pennâs âThe Small Trades.â  The series include 252 full-length portraits of workers.
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Some 350 boxes stuffed with receipts, photographs, letters and other records chronicling the history of the Leo Castelli Gallery are being given to the Smithsonian Institutionâs Archives of American Art in Washington.
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France and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement Tuesday to open a branch of the Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, despite criticism that the French government is peddling the country's artistic treasures.
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The Canastota Public Library received a sculpture that completed its Italian heritage display.