Museums & Institutions The National Gallery of Australia Returns to India 13 More Works Bought From Now-Imprisoned Art Dealer Subhash Kapoor The museum also officially outlined its new guidelines for repatriating art. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2021
Crime Once Smuggled Out of Iraq, the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet Has Been Seized by U.S. Authorities and Will Be Returned The U.S. is restituting 17,000 looted antiquities to Iraq, including the tablet, which was once owned by collector Steve Green. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 28, 2021
Analysis Houston Built Big in 2020—But Shenzhen Is the Future: 7 Takeaways From a New Report on Global Cultural Trends AEA Consulting's Cultural Infrastructure Index aims to give a snapshot of the present and future of museum building. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 28, 2021
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Unearthed a Rare Cache of 6th-Century Coins Hidden in the Ancient Greek City of Phanagoria Researchers believe the coins were stowed away prior to a devastating attack by the Huns or the Turks. By Artnet News, Jul 26, 2021
On View Works From the Fabled Collection of Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee Are Finally on Public View in South Korea Two exhibitions in separate venues opened simultaneously in Seoul. By Artnet News, Jul 22, 2021
Archaeology & History In the Underwater Egyptian City of Thônis-Heracleion, Divers Have Discovered an Ancient Warcraft The city was rediscovered by underwater archaeologists in 2001. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 21, 2021
Crime A British Art Restorer Has Been Arrested for His Role in a $143 Million Asian Antiquities Smuggling Ring Neil Perry Smith is the second person to be arraigned in the case. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 21, 2021
Archaeology & History This Superstar Amateur Metal Detectorist Just Found Her Second Cache of Viking Coins on the Isle of Man in Less Than a Year Kath Giles previously unearthed 1,000-year-old buried Viking jewelry on Isle of Man last December. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 20, 2021
Archaeology & History Two Segments of an Ancient Mummy Wrapping Have Been Digitally Reunited to Reveal a Hieroglyphic Guide to the Afterlife It remains unclear why the pieces were dispersed to different parts of the world. By Artnet News, Jul 15, 2021
Archaeology & History In Pictures: A New Show Explores Ancient Pompeii Dining Rituals, From Vermin Delicacies to Bone Toothpicks The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius interrupted Roman diners mid-meal—and this museum has the carbonized food to prove it. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 8, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Brooklyn Museum Has Voluntarily Repatriated 1,300 Pre-Columbian Artifacts to Costa Rica The objects once belonged to the collection of Minor Keith, a railroad magnate who exported them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 6, 2021
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Say a Massive 4,500-Year-Old Syrian Burial Ground May Be the Oldest War Monument in the World The site may also have served as a grim warning to potential invaders. By Artnet News, Jul 1, 2021
Archaeology & History In Pictures: See the Tunnels Beneath Rome’s Colosseum, Where Gladiators Prepared for Battle, Open to the Public for the First Time The work was part of a three-part, $29.8 million restoration funded by an Italian fashion company. By Artnet News, Jun 28, 2021
Politics Belgium Will Seek a Partnership With the Democratic Republic of Congo to Begin Returning Plundered Artworks "They don't belong to us," a Belgian official said in reference to the objects. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 22, 2021
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Discovered Ancient Bronze Age Homes at Germany’s ‘Stonehenge’ Central Europe's largest-known settlement has been discovered at Ringheiligtum Pömmelte. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 16, 2021