Law & Politics A US Collector Has Returned 12 Ancient Treasures to Thailand as Part of a Crackdown on Looted Artifacts Thai artifacts at the Norton Simon Museum and the Honolulu Museum of Art are also under investigation. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 3, 2018
Law & Politics A German Farmer Was Just Awarded Almost $1 Million for an Ancient Roman Bronze Found on His Property After the man learned that this was no ordinary find, he sued the government to get his fair share of the value. By Kate Brown, Jul 30, 2018
Law & Politics A $1.2 Million Ancient Persian Sculpture Seized From TEFAF New York Must Be Returned to Iran, Judge Rules Investigators showed that the work was looted and smuggled from the country in the 1930s. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 24, 2018
Art World Have They Found Alexander the Great’s Tomb? Speculation Runs Rampant Over a Newly Discovered Sarcophagus in Egypt Egypt has shot down theories that the mysterious artifact could hold the famed ruler's remains. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 13, 2018
Law & Politics Italian Police Nab Suspects in an Antiquities Smuggling Ring After a Years-Long Investigation Code-Named ‘Operation Demetra’ Suspects in at least four countries are implicated in the looting of Sicily's most famous site. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 5, 2018
Art World Amid a Wave of Repatriation, Sotheby’s Stands Its Ground Against Greece’s Claim to an 8th-Century Bronze Horse Sotheby's and the seller say that Greece hasn't provided any proof that the object was stolen. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 2, 2018
Law & Politics Greece’s Prime Minister Asks Theresa May to Return the Elgin Marbles—Again Alexis Tsipras used his first official visit to the UK to restart the campaign for return of the Elgin Marbles. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 27, 2018
Politics The Big Move to Berlin’s Humboldt Forum Has Begun, as Pressure for Restitution of Colonial-Era Objects Grows The German Lost Art Foundation's expertise in researching Nazi-era loot will expand as demands for colonial-era restitution grows at home and abroad. By Kate Brown, Jun 11, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Kylie Jenner Reveals Her (Predictable) Art Collection to the World + More Must-Read Stories Plus, a lost masterpiece by Antonio Canova is coming to auction and art turns out to be a great way to motivate office workers. By Artnet News, May 29, 2018
Politics In an Effort to Correct Its Cultural ‘Blind Spot,’ Germany Releases a Code of Conduct for Colonial-Era Artifacts The sweeping 130-page guidelines outline methodologies for provenance research and possibilities for restitution. By Kate Brown, May 17, 2018
Auctions Rockefeller Decoded: Christie’s Marathon of Sales Generated $832 Million—and Some Big Surprises, Too A striking number of works on offer sold for more than five times their high estimates. By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2018
Art World Italian Police Seize $1 Million Worth of Antiquities From Roman Businessmen Some of the objects dating back to the 4th century BC were recovered after being advertised for sale on Facebook. By Naomi Rea, May 14, 2018
On View A Formerly Buried Trove of 4,000-Year-Old Artifacts Is Leaving Turkmenistan for the First Time The show at the Neues Museum—a diplomatic and curatorial coup—was many years in the making. By Kate Brown, May 7, 2018
Art World Egypt Debunks the ‘Discovery of the Century’: There Are No Hidden Rooms in King Tut’s Tomb The findings disprove a theory that would have changed the field of Egyptology as we know it. By Sarah Cascone, May 7, 2018
Law & Politics US Art Dealers May Soon Be Subject to Government Financial Regulation The art world has been put on high alert with news of new government oversight. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2018
