The world-renowned Uffizi Galleries in Florence have reopened to the public, following a year of sporadic covid-related closures and the remapping of new rooms.
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Category: Art News
Is confidentiality causing problems for claimants in art fraud cases?
In the art world, confidentiality is king. But that can be a challenge for claimants in art fraud cases. However, help is at hand in the form of Norwich Pharmacal applications, as the case of Hickox v Dickinson [2020] EWHC 2520 (Ch) shows.
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Kim Kardashian ordered to repatriate ancient Roman statue of Athena
Reality TV star and beauty mogul Kim Kardashian must forfeit an ancient Roman sculpture, according to a recent civil forfeiture action filed by the United States government. Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage released a statement concluding the work was “looted, smuggled, and illegally exported.”
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Germany announces “substantial restitutions” of Benin bronzes
Germany has announced its intention to return their considerable collection of looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria in 2022. This is a landmark moment in the restitution of looted art, and Germany’s decision has made them the first country to hand back their Benin bronzes.
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National Gallery reattributes storeroom painting as a lost Nicolas Poussin
For almost 60 years a National Gallery painting was dismissed as a copy and languished in their storerooms, but now experts have confirmed it is indeed an original work by the renowned French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665).
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Tate Modern’s neighbours take ‘invasion of privacy’ case to the Supreme Court
Neighbouring residents of Tate Modern are heading to the Supreme Court over allegations of “relentless” privacy invasion. The five Neo Bankside claimants are battling to close part of the tenth floor viewing gallery that reportedly allows “hundreds of thousands of visitors” to see inside their homes.
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Anti-forgery investigators must relinquish painting to Prince of Liechtenstein, court rules
The Parisian court of appeal has ruled that an iconic German painting, seized under suspicion of forgery in 2016, must now be returned to its owner Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.
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Off-duty police officers make a surprising discovery in Brussels antique shop
It was revealed last week that an ancient Roman marble statue, which was stolen from the Villa Marini Dettina archaeological site near Rome in 2011, was located in an antique shop in Brussels earlier this year.
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Amateur metal detectorists discover treasure hoards across Wales
Welsh officials have declared nine recent archaeological finds, all discovered by metal detectorists, as treasure. The rare objects had likely been buried for safekeeping by their owners but were never recovered.
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Tributes for the Duke: Patron of the arts and hobbyist painter
As tributes pour in following news of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, little known facts about Queen Elizabeth II’s husband have also begun to emerge including his devoted patronage of the arts.
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