Law & Politics An ‘Architectural Digest’ Spread About Two Art Collectors Was Photoshopped to Obscure Potentially Looted Cambodian Statues in Their Home A forensics expert confirmed the photo had been airbrushed. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 16, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Uncovered a Vast Trove of Gold Rings Buried Alongside an ‘Extremely Rich’ Ancient Noblewoman in Romania Excavators found more Copper Age gold in the single dig than had previously been discovered in the entire Carpathian Basin. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 15, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists at the Sea of Galilee Say They May Have Found the Real-Life Birthplace of St. Peter, First Pope of the Christian Church Scholars have discovered an inscription that may mark the Church of the Apostles, said to be at St. Peter's birthplace in Bethsaida. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 15, 2022
Archaeology & History First Vesuvius, Now This? An Australian Tourist Just Got Caught Going on a Moped Joyride Through Pompeii’s Vulnerable Ruins This is the third incident of a tourist wreaking havoc on Italy's cultural heritage in recent history By Sarah Cascone, Aug 12, 2022
Artnet News Pro Why Are Art Investors Suddenly Ravenous for Dinosaurs? A Q&A With Nicolai Frahm, a Collector With Scientists on Speed Dial The advisor shares what he has learned from a decade of collecting in the field. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 11, 2022
Law & Politics For Years, Art Dealer Georges Lotfi Helped Investigators Root Out Antiquities Traffickers. Now Prosecutors Are Hunting for Him Investigators say the tipster became too assured of his own self-importance. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 9, 2022
Museums & Institutions Could a Perfect 3-D Copy Solve the Quandary Over Who Gets the Parthenon Marbles? An Oxford University Scholar Thinks So Roger Michel says the British Museum should display replicas and return the originals to Greece. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions Arts Council England Has Issued New ‘Proactive’ Restitution Advice for Museums, Replacing Outdated, Two-Decade-Old Guidance The previous report was issued all the way back in 2000. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 8, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Uncover an Ancient Palace That May Be the Long-Lost Summer Home of Genghis Khan’s Warrior Grandson Hulagu Khan was said to have built a summer residence in the 1260s. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 25, 2022
Archaeology & History Comparing the Find to a Mythic ‘Lord of the Rings’ Castle, Archaeologists Herald the Discovery of an Ancient Fortress in Iraq The fortress may have been the site of a long-lost city. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 20, 2022
Museums & Institutions ‘People Are Willing to Give Their Lives’: We Spoke to Ukrainians Who Are Risking Everything to Safeguard Their Country’s Art For some museum workers, who survived the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the scene is all too familiar. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 15, 2022
Art Fairs Go Ahead, Call It a Comeback: TEFAF Returns to Maastricht With Steady Old Master Sales and a Bevy of Museum Groups Looking to Buy TEFAF is celebrating a "triumphant" return to its home turf after an absence of more than two years. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 28, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s Our Pick of 5 Standout Works at TEFAF Maastricht, From a $1 Million Hippo Sculpture to a Rediscovered Dutch Masterpiece The fair has made a triumphant return to its home city for the first time since the pandemic. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 27, 2022
Archaeology & History Remarkably Similar Stone Age ‘Swiss Army Knives’ Found Across Africa Suggest a System of Prehistoric Mass Communication Across wide distances, it appears that ancient humans used the same template to make their tools. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 9, 2022
Crime A Man Broke Into the Dallas Museum of Art and Smashed Ancient Greek Artifacts Because He Was ‘Mad at His Girl’ The damage could be more than $5 million, some experts say. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 3, 2022
