Italian Court Throws Out Plan For Coliseum Archeological Park
The judges ruled that creating an independent archaeological park would disturb the unity of Rome’s Unesco-protected historic centre and deprive the city of the proceeds from ticket sales to the monuments.”
Mass Resignations At Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art After Allegations Of Malfeasance
“The museum and its ex-employees are offering starkly different accounts as the museum is reeling after losing five full-time staffers, at least two part-time visitor-services workers, and seven contract support staff and educators on June 13.”
How The Royal Academy Came This Close To Selling Off Its Prized Michelangelo
In December 1978 the academy’s secretary, Sidney Hutchison, wrote to Drummonds Bank (with which it had a £675,000 overdraft): “Very confidentially, if this official attempt for subsidy from the Government through the Arts Council should fail, my view is that the Academy would then have no alternative but to sell the Michelangelo Tondo for its […]
Picasso painting stolen by Nazis sells for $45 million
Femme assise, robe bleu which was taken from art dealer Paul Rosenberg.
Leonardo DiCaprio Turns Over His Picasso And Basquiat Paintings To U.S. Gov’t For Massive Malaysian Corruption Case
It’s the same case – the alleged theft of $540 million from 1MDB, the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund – that has the Justice Dept. trying to acquire the rights to such films as Dumb and Dumber To and The Wolf of Wall Street (which starred DiCaprio).
In a Historic First, Australia Agrees to Return Ainu Remains to Japan
Exhumed without permission in early 20th century and now two museums have returned three sets of remains.
