Archive for October, 2010
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
« L’art africain comme tout grand art, me dira-t-on, en tout cas plus que tout autre, et depuis si longtemps si ce n’est depuis toujours, est d’abord dans l’homme, dans l’émotion de l’homme transmise aux choses par l’homme et sa société. C’est la raison pour laquelle on ne peut séparer le ...
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Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Van Meegeren’s secret supplies
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Van+Meegeren%E2%80%99s+secret+supplies/21597
Documents reveal the forger placed bulk orders for lapis lazuli from UK art suppliers Winsor & Newton
By Martin Bailey | From issue 217, October 2010
Published online 20 Oct 10 (News)
A Van Meegeren "Vermeer"
LONDON. A secret Scotland Yard report shows that the notorious Dutch forger Han van ...
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
China wants looted Summer Palace relics returned
BEIJING — China has renewed a call for the return of relics looted from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing 150 years ago -- an act seen as a cause of national humiliation at the hands of Western armies.The Yuanmingyuan, a summer resort garden ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
Germany Extradites To Ukraine Three Suspects In Case On Caravaggio Painting Stolen From Odesa Museum (18:10, Thursday, October 14, 2010)
http://un.ua/eng/article/291242.html
Ukrainian News Agency
Germany has extradited to Ukraine three suspects in the case on the painting The Taking of Christ, or Judas's Kiss, a canvas by Caravaggio, which was stolen from the ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
LI museum director sentenced for Egyptian artifact theft
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/li_museum_director_sentenced_for_m8ewK4q1OIOWlINeCC4BRN
By MITCHEL MADDUX
Last Updated: 4:14 PM, October 15, 2010
Posted: 4:13 PM, October 15, 2010
The former director of a Long Island museum who stole Egyptian artifacts from the institution's collection -- and later sold the rare antiquities through Christie’s auction house -- was sentenced ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
Tate puts sunflower seeds off limits due to health concerns
http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tate+puts+sunflower+seeds+off+limits+due+to+health+concerns/21723
The museum announced this morning that visitors can no longer walk over Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's installation because of fears of creating ceramic dust
By Anny Shaw | Web only
Published online 15 Oct 10 (News)
A child plays with the porcelain seeds in ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
More Than 10,000 Unrestituted Nazi-Looted Art Objects Now Listed on Internet; Call to Museums, Dealers to Check Holdings
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/more-than-10000-unrestituted-nazi-looted-art-objects-now-listed-on-internet-call-to-museums-dealers-to-check-holdings-105158444.html
NEW YORK, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Nazi records and photographs of the looting of more than 20,000 individual art objects from Jews in France and Belgium are now online in a searchable ...
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
The former director of a Long Island museum who stole Egyptian artifacts from the institution's collection -- and later sold the rare antiquities through Christie’s auction house -- was sentenced today to serve time in federal prison.
Barry Stern, who headed Long Island University’s Hillwood Museum, was sentenced to serve one ...
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
BOOK THIEF STOLE OVER 12 YEARS
A LIBRARY assistant stole thousands of pounds worth of books and then stored them alphabetically in a bookcase at his home. Barry Charles Angove has worked at Barrow Library as a library assistant since 1996.
Angove, 62, hit the headlines back in 2004 after saving 800 ...
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Historic sundial stolen from Gresford church
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northeastwales/hi/people_and_places/relig...
The sundial had stood outside Gresford's All Saints church since 1732
A 300-year-old sundial has been stolen from outside historic All Saints' Church in Gresford, near Wrexham.
It is thought the sundial, which had been a feature at the church since 1732, was stolen some time ...
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Time Limit Ends Antiquities Case Of Ex-Curator
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/arts/design/14true.html?_r=1
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Published: October 13, 2010
ROME — The case against Marion True, the former curator of antiquities at the J.Paul Getty Museum, ended abruptly on Wednesday, after a court here ruled that the statute of limitations on her alleged crimes — receiving artifacts stolen ...
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Peju Layiwola. Benin1897.com: Art and the Restitution Question.Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria Wy Art Editions, 2010. Illustrations.244 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-978-902-703-3.
Reviewed by Joseph Nevadomsky
The Art of Benin Repatriation and the Repatriation of Benin Art
There are several features of this book that deserve review andcomment. First is the title, intriguing and ...
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Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Row after security breach at art gallery
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/row-after-security-breach-at-art-gallery-1.1060429
EXCLUSIVE: Gerry Braiden
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9 Oct 2010
One of Scotland’s top attractions is at the centre of a security breach row after staff found tourists wandering around inside while the building was closed to the public.
Early morning cleaners at Kelvingrove Art ...
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Efforts insufficient in curbing heritage trafficking
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-10/04/content_11376572.htm
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-04 10:02
LUXOR - The international efforts in cracking down on heritage relic trafficking are "radically insufficient" and much more is needed to control the worsening situation, said a senior UNESCO official here on Sunday.
"There has not been enough attention from the world governments ...
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
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Monday, October 4th, 2010
Third incident of vandalism hits ArtPrize
http://www.mlive.com/artprize/index.ssf/2010/10/third_incident_of_vandalism_hits_artprize.html
Published: Sunday, October 03, 2010, 6:52 PM Updated: Sunday, October 03, 2010, 8:14 PM
John Tunison | The Grand Rapids Press
GRAND RAPIDS -- In the third instance of ArtPrize vandalism, Joseph Wambaugh, the creator of a butterfly sculpture behind DeVos Place, ...
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Monday, October 4th, 2010
Ariz. Officials Work To Protect Ancient Art
http://www.wkrg.com/raw_news/article/ariz.-officials-work-to-protect-ancient-art/1017971/Oct-03-2010_1-35-pm/
by (AP) WILLIAMS, Ariz.
Published: Sun, October 03, 2010 - 12:19 pm CST Last Updated: Sun, October 03, 2010 - 1:35 pm CST
Investigators Have Yet To Identify Any Suspects In The Case Of A 1,000-year-old Rock Art Panel That Was Damaged In Northern Arizona ...
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
Arty walkthrough
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article806819.ece
V. R. DEVIKA
Courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Priceless collection: The museum
A famous art heist left a few walls in Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum stark empty, but that has not deterred tourists from visiting the place even today…
If your name is Isabella, chances are you ...
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
1 October 2010 Last updated at 14:53 ET
Two antique lead statues stolen from Mortimer home
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-11457229
Two antique lead statues worth about £15,000 have been stolen from a Berkshire home.
Burglars got into the garden of the house in Mortimer Lane, Mortimer, before stealing the 5ft-high (1.5m) figures.
One is of a woman ...
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
Lawsuit Filed In Pebble Beach Art Heist Case
http://www.ksbw.com/news/25239646/detail.html
Alleged Victims File Defamation Lawsuit
POSTED: 7:59 am PDT October 1, 2010
UPDATED: 9:12 am PDT October 1, 2010
MONTEREY, Calif. -- Two men who said they are the victims of a multimillion-dollar art heist in Pebble Beach last year have filed a lawsuit against ...
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
NY lawyer convicted in Dead Sea Scrolls case
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gznCOrQo0Iw8H1s_BUyqyDXHcO8AD9IIHPS81?docId=D9IIHPS81
By COLLEEN LONG (AP) – 18 hours ago
NEW YORK — A scholar's son was convicted Thursday of using online aliases to harass and discredit his father's detractors in a heated academic debate over the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
A Manhattan jury found ...
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