Antiquities

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it will be repatriating looted sculptures to the Kingdoms of Cambodia and Thailand.
Art has long been identified, even romanticized, as an ideal way to launder money. There’s a thread of logic here: the art world accommodates anonymous, high-dollar buyers and the industry allows…
Five of Getty’s most popular online exhibits on Google Arts & Culture are now available in Spanish and English, making the Los Angeles museum’s expansive art collection more accessible than ever…
The online-only auctions that were introduced by Hermann Historica GmbH several years ago are becoming increasingly popular. Some 4112 lots are coming under the hammer, including unparalleled,…
A French metal detectorist thought he could cash in on his finds by duping the French government, but officials saw through his ploy.
One of the world's best-known and least-seen collections of marble statuary is making its twenty-first-century debut.
The richness of Etruscan artistry is currently on show in an exhibition at Museo Centrale Montemartini in Rome. The Colors of the Etruscans brings together a superb series of terracotta frescos and…
In new community guidelines released this week, Facebook announced a new policy meant to halt the sales of looted artifacts on its platform.