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Antiquities

A museum-style gallery installation featuring ancient marble sculptures and busts displayed on black pedestals against a backdrop of dark velvet curtains and wood flooring.

A New E.U. Antiquities Regulation Adds to Dealers’ Mounting Legal, Administrative and Financial Burdens

“Regulation 2019/880 places additional burdens on the art market in the form of extra paperwork and time,” art lawyer Leila A. Amineddoleh told Observer.
By Elisa Carollo
A person points to text in an aged, illuminated manuscript resting on a display surface under dim lighting

Hidden Liabilities: How Rare Manuscripts Threaten Institutional Reputations

Brett Erickson, a specialist in reputational risk and cultural asset governance, breaks down increasing reputational threats unfolding behind the glass cases of our most trusted institutions. From Naples to Washington to Oslo, Erickson traces how stolen manuscripts, smuggled antiquities and provenance blind spots are reshaping the way museums, libraries and private collections confront integrity—not just as an ideal, but as a liability, a legal threshold and a legacy at stake.
By Brett Erickson
Roman marble statue of Athena inside a pink niche.

A Roman Statue of Athena Is Unveiled at Wrightwood 659 Ahead of ‘Myth and Marble’ at the Art Institute of Chicago

The Halsted Athena has been hidden from public view for more than two centuries.
By Elisa Carollo
TOPSHOT - Egyptian minister of antiquates Khaled el-Anani poses for picture with workers next to the head of a statue at the site of a new discovery by a team of German-Egyptian archeologists in Cairo's Mattarya district on March 9, 2017. Statues of the kings and queens of the nineteenth dynasty (1295 - 1185 BC) were unearthed in the vicinity of the Temple of Ramses II in what was the old Pharonic city.

Why Experts Are Buzzing Over the Discovery of This 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Statue

By Alanna Martinez
Greek Gold Granulated Boat-Shaped Earrings

NYC Shop Antiquarium Has Ancient Jewelry That Is Both Inspirational and Emotional

By Nicole Romano
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 6: T.rump bus is on display at New York art fair in New York on March 6, 2016. Artists David Gleeson and Mary Mihelic purchased a former Donald Trump campaign bus and turned it into an art project protesting his campaign.

Artists Build Trump Border Wall, Banksy Mural Destroyed by Construction Workers

By Alanna Martinez
Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci.

These Famous Artists Loved the ‘World’s Ugliest Color,’ Long-lost Gauguin Found

By Alanna Martinez
Looted Art

How Not to Buy Stolen, Looted or Forged Art

By Noah Charney
Fortuny's New York Showroom

Studio Peregalli’s Obsession with Authenticity and Timeworn Texture

By Richard Shapiro
Tenzing Asian Art (San Francisco, CA) Pagpa Chenrezig (Padmapani-Lokeshvara) Tibet (Newar School) Circa 13th Century.

Looted Asia Week Antiquities Seized, French Auction Porters Go on Trial—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A rendering from the French architect who wants to build the underwater museum in Alexandria, Egypt.

Egypt Revives Plans for Underwater Museum in Alexandria

By Guelda Voien
Elizabeth Doyle with jewelry from her personal collection. (Photo: Melody Melamed for New York Observer)

Sifting Through the Vintage Treasures of Elizabeth Doyle’s Jewelry Box

By Alanna Martinez
AACHEN, GERMANY - MAY 14: French President Francois Hollande speaks during the International Charlemange Prize Of Aachen 2015 (Der Internationale Karlspreis zu Aachen) on May 14, 2015 in Aachen, Germany. The International Charlemagne Prize, one of the most prestigious European prizes, is awarded once a year since 1950 by the city of Aachen to people for distinguished service on behalf of European unification. (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images)

France Gives Asylum to Art Threatened by ISIS, Brooklyn Museum Picketed, and More

By Alanna Martinez
A picture taken on March 14, 2014 shows carvings on a wall in the courtyard of the sanctury of Baal in the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of Damascus. From the 1st to the 2nd century, the art and architecture of Palmyra, standing at the crossroads of several civilizations, married Graeco-Roman techniques with local traditions and Persian influences. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

Museum Directors Release Protocols for Protecting Artworks Under Threat

By Alanna Martinez
This image from www. i24news.tv illustrates the tunnel Israeli police found in East Jerusalem. (Courtesy: i24news.tv)

Israeli Police Spot Tunnel Near Jerusalem Museum That May Have Been Built for Looting

By Alanna Martinez
The ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.

FBI Warns US Art Dealers: ISIL-Looted Antiquities Are Hitting the Market

By Alanna Martinez
Marion True is the former curator of antiquities for the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California,.

Disgraced Getty Curator Marion True Roars Back With Tell-All Memoir

By Alanna Martinez
Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass (C) supervises the removal of the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tutankhamun from his stone sarcophagus in his underground tomb in the famed Valley of the Kings in Luxor, 04 November 2007. The true face of ancient Egypt's boy king Tutankhamun was revealed today to the public for the first time since he died in mysterious circumstances more than 3,000 years ago. The pharaoh's mummy was moved from its ornate sarcophagus in the tomb where its 1922 discovery caused an international sensation to a nearby climate-controlled case where experts say it will be better preserved. AFP PHOTO/POOL/Ben CURTIS (Photo credit should read BEN CURTIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Zahi Hawass, Antiquities Expert and Reality Star, Says Nefertiti Isn’t There

By Alanna Martinez
Bhaktapur Durbar Square in 2015, after the earthquakes in April-May. (Photo: © DirghaMan & GaneshMan Chitrakar Art Foundation, Courtesy The Rubin Museum of Art)

Nepal’s Cultural Sites After the Earthquake: Rubin Museum Shares New Photos

By Alanna Martinez
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 15: Iraqi Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Adel Fahad Shershab (R) and US Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones (2nd R) listen to an museum official on the historical artifacts those returned to Iraq National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq on July 15, 2015. (Photo by Haydar Hadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

US Returns Looted Artifacts to Iraq—But Are Some Fakes?

By Alanna Martinez

Obama on Historic Spree: Names Three New National Monuments, 19 Since 2009

By Alexandra Peers
A sculpture found in Palmyra, now displayed at the city's museum. (Photo: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)

ISIS-Looted Art Is Finding Its Way Into the British Antiquities Market

By Alanna Martinez
Jean Le Page's Roi de Rome Pistols, (1779-1822) head to auction on July 8. The guns were the emperor's last gift to his son. (Photo: Sotheby's)

Napoleon Family Heirloom Heads to Auction for the 200th Anniversary of Waterloo

By Alanna Martinez
Palestinian students celebrate during their graduation ceremony at al-Najaf University near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on June 7, 2010, as some 2705 students received their degrees at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year. AFP PHOTO/JAAFAR ASHTIYEH (Photo credit should read JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Censorship on College Campuses Is Stifling Debate and Cheating Students

By Keith Zakheim
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