Art World A 19-Year-Old Intern Unearthed a Rare, 2,000-Year-Old Roman Dagger in a Tiny German Town The dagger likely belonged to a Roman soldier slain by the Germanic tribes in the first century AD. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 3, 2020
Art Fairs After Authorities Raided a Brussels Antiquities Fair, Some Dealers Are Calling the Agents’ Widespread Confiscations ‘Theft’ At the Brussels Antiques and Fine Arts Fair, authorities inspected and seized dozens of works during visiting hours. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 2, 2020
Law & Politics Mexico Just Repatriated a Rare Yoruba Sculpture to Nigeria. Experts Say It Might Actually Be a Cheap Knockoff African art experts have doubts about the authenticity of the sculpture. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 2, 2020
Law & Politics The Met Just Returned a Prized Silver Cup, Stolen by a Nazi Art Dealer, to Its Rightful Heirs After Almost 80 Years The object was taken from a German-born Jewish banker before he and his wife were murdered at concentration camps. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 21, 2020
Art World High-Tech Radar May Have Just Led Researchers to Discover Nefertiti’s Secret Burial Chamber in King Tut’s Tomb If true, “it could be the biggest archaeological discovery ever." By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 20, 2020
Art World Three Enchantingly Painted Houses in the Lost City of Pompeii Are Finally Open to the Public After a 40-Year Restoration Project A $113 million conservation effort rescued the ruins from, well, ruin. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 19, 2020
Art Guides In LA for Frieze Week? Here Is Our Guide to 22 Mind-Expanding Museum Shows to See If You Want to Venture Beyond the Fairs What's on view at the Getty, LACMA, the Broad, and other museums across the city. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 10, 2020
Law & Politics Trump’s Impeachment Lawyer Alan Dershowitz May Have Owned Looted Antiquities, an Art Crime Expert Says Experts say Dershowitz is emblematic of collectors in this fraught market, where a lack of documentation is common and troubling. By Zachary Small, Feb 6, 2020
Art World Archaeologists Just Discovered the Bones, Weapons, and Headdresses of Four Real-Life Amazon Warriors in Russia The women were discovered in a group of burial pits. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 23, 2020
Politics The US–China Trade Agreement Has Been Hailed as a Boon for Business—But Buyers Will Still Have to Pay Steep Tariffs on Chinese Art Despite a cut in the tariff rate, import taxes on art remain high. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 23, 2020
Politics The British Government Is Looking for an Expert to Guide Its Restitution Efforts as Global Pressure Mounts on Museums to Audit Their Collections Applications for the four-month gig are open now. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 14, 2020
Art World This Newly Discovered 14th-Century Drawing of Venice Is the Oldest-Known Depiction of the Floating City The drawing was made by an Italian pilgrim on his way to Jerusalem. By Artnet News, Jan 9, 2020
Politics For the First Time in Its History, the Netherlands Is Returning an Enormous Trove of Artifacts to Its Former Colonial Territory of Indonesia The objects, some of which date back to 5000 B.C., will go on view at the National Museum of Indonesia this June. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 8, 2020
Politics In a Rare Political Gesture, the Met Speaks Out Against Trump’s Threats to Iranian Cultural Sites, Calling Such Targeting ‘Abhorrent’ The Met joins other museum leaders as well as top museum organizations in condemning the US President's comments. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2020
Art World There Are 8,000 Known Terracotta Warriors. But Archaeologists in China Just Found More Than 200 Others The discovery helps paint a clearer picture of how the Chinese military once operated. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 2, 2020
