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Collector Surrenders ‘Nude Emperor’ Bronze Looted from Roman Shrine

12/10/2025

A California antiquities dealer has surrendered to New York prosecutors a 2,000-year-old bronze statue of a Roman emperor believed to have been looted from an archaeological site in Turkey, as first reported in the New York Times. Aaron Mendelsohn, 74, …

Метки : антиквариатрепатриацияискусствоправосудиеисторическое наследиетурция

Sean Combs Sentencing: Record Exec and Art Collector Gets Over 4 Years

10/04/2025

Sean Combs, a rapper and record executive who made headlines when he bought a $21.1 million Kerry James Marshall painting in 2018, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 50 months, or 4 years and 2 months. He was …

Метки : шон комбссудсексуальная торговляискусствокерри джеймс маршаллправосудие

Spanish Supreme Court Orders Heirs to Return Cathedral Statues

06/21/2025

Spain’s Supreme Court has ordered the heirs of former dictator Francisco Franco to return two religious statues to the city of Santiago, concluding a years-long legal dispute over their ownership. The two pieces, depicting biblical figures Isaac and Abraham, date …

Метки : искусствоистория.франкоправосудиенаследиескульптура

Harvard Returns Early Images of Enslaved Americans to Descendant after a Years-Long Legal Dispute

05/29/2025

Harvard University has released ownership of what scholars consider the earliest surviving photographs of enslaved African Americans, settling an eight-year dispute with a lone descendant of the subjects captured in the images. Under a confidential settlement announced on Wednesday, the …

Метки : гарварддагерротипыафроамериканцыисторическое наследиеправосудие

Climate Protestors Pardoned After Gluing Hands to Raphael Painting

04/18/2025

Two climate activists recently received pardons after convictions and payments for property damage after gluing their hands to the frame of Raphael’s Sistine Madonna in 2022. The protest took place at the 16-century altar painting in the Dresden Old Masters …

Метки : климатпротестискусствогерманияправосудиеэкологические группы

Sakuliu Pavavaljung Gets Prison Time in Sexual Assault Investigation

01/22/2025

Last week, Taiwan’s Pingtung District Court sentenced Sakuliu Pavavaljung, a Paiwan artist, to four and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting a female fan in 2021. According to ArtAsiaPacific, the court found Pavavaljung guilty of “violating the victim’s …

Метки : тайваньсексуальное насилиеправосудиеискусствообвинениясудебный процесс