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2 weeks ago
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Sicily Fights to Bring Antonello da Messina Masterpiece Home After $14.9 Million Purchase | Artnet News

Italy's Ministry of Culture purchased Antonello da Messina's rare double-sided Renaissance painting and museums and Messina officials are competing for its permanent location.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago
Arts

Bring it back': Sicilians say Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo belongs with them

Italian government bought Antonello da Messina's Ecce Homo for $14.9m, prompting debate over displaying it in Messina versus major northern museums.
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2 weeks ago
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Sicily Fights to Bring Antonello da Messina Masterpiece Home After $14.9 Million Purchase | Artnet News

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fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Feuding heirs, weak institutions and a mysterious will: Why didn't the Gelman collection stay in Mexico?

The Gelman Mexican art collection left Mexico for a loan in Spain amid unverified wishes, heirs' legal battles, and government intervention over heritage protections.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I will finish your work': one woman's fight for the Jewish art and letters her mother saved from the Nazis

A suitcase of 681 artworks and writings by Theresienstadt artist Peter Kien was delivered to the Wiener Holocaust Library after decades under Czech custodianship.
Arts
fromARTnews.com
2 months ago

Cambodian Government Requests Records from Disgraced Art Historian and Denver Art Museum Board Member

The Cambodian government requested Emma C. Bunker's records and photographs from her family to assist recovery efforts for Cambodian statues.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 months ago

Met Museum Returns Buddhist Painting Taken During Korean War

The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned a 16th-century Buddhist painting, The Tenth King of Hell (1798), to Sinheungsa Temple in Sokcho, South Korea.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

A New Orleans couple clearing away undergrowth in their home's yard unearthed a grave marker, setting off a quest for answers about how the roughly 1,900-year-old relic ended up there and an effort to repatriate it to Italy. The remarkable discovery was the work of Tulane University anthropologist Daniella Santoro and her husband, Aaron Lorenz, according to a report published online Monday by the magazine of New Orleans's Preservation Resource Center (PRC).
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fromeuronews
7 months ago

Video. Roman mosaic stolen by Nazi officer during WWII returned to Pompeii

A stolen Roman mosaic from Pompeii has been repatriated to Italy after World War II.
fromwww.dw.com
8 months ago

Hohenzollern: Germany's ex-royals settle riches dispute DW 06/17/2025

Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia's strategic withdrawal from the compensation claims has paved the way for constructive negotiations, concluding a nearly century-long dispute over Hohenzollern art.
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fromTheartnewspaper
9 months ago

Three ancient artefacts from Metropolitan Museum returned to Iraq

The Metropolitan Museum returned three significant artefacts to Iraq due to ties with illicit looting and to support repatriation efforts.
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