Drusus Head Revisited
Steve Litt reports that the Cleveland Museum of Art is returning a marble head depicting Drusus Minor to Italy because the object was stolen in 1944.When the Cleveland Museum acquired…
Victoria Reed Headlines the 2014 Daniel Webster International Lawyer of the Year Ceremony Acclaiming Cultural Heritage Law
Dr. Victoria Reed and Attorney Rick St. Hilaire answer questions from an audience of legal and cultural heritage professionals at the Daniel Webster International Lawyer of the Year ceremony held in Manchester,…
Museum of Fine Arts Curator Offers Due Diligence Model, Saying “Ignorance is No Excuse”
The Weary Herakles has long been a poster child for the problems surrounding undocumented antiquities. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) acquired a partial interest in the top half…
antiquities trafficking | Lebanon | provenance | smuggling | Syria | War
Roman, Byzantine and Other Conflict Antiquities from Syria
Antiquities from several Syrian cultural eras continue to appear on the art market. Since the last blog post describing this problem, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International produced the above May 17,…
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) | import protections | looted antiquities | provenance | seizure laws
Importing Cultural Objects Legally: Information Required for U.S. Customs Import Rulings
On December 3, 2012 this blog discussed The Cultural Property Importer’s Responsibility. Today’s post continues that discussion by describing the information required by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when assessing…
Some History Behind the Cleveland Museum of Art’s “Vessel with Battle Scene” or “Maya War Vase”
The Cleveland Museum of Art announced this week that it acquired a Roman marble head and a Maya vase. Yesterday’s CHL blog post discussed the new Roman head, the due…