January 2012 Archeology - Museums/Looted Goods/Crimes

[Aisling]

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Brief item on vandals destroying some First Temple artifacts at Afula:
http://www.antiquities.org.il/articl...&module_id=#as

Some Greek diggers were arrested in Bulgaria:
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2011/12/...d-in-bulgaria/

A 'relic hunter' was arrested while digging at Lake Travis:
http://dailytrib.com/all-other/12623...t-indian-site/

I think we've had this 'Lava Treasure' story before:
http://www.newdesignworld.com/press/story/461288

A Day in Pompeii (Boston Museum of Science):
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/livin...n-in-time.html

Vermeer (Cambridge, England):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-16264461

Dura Europos (NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/sc...f-empires.html

Drawings by Rembrandt (Bruce Museum):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/ny...greenwich.html

Birds of America (Trinity College, Hartford, CT):
http://www.courant.com/news/educatio...,7746877.story

Invention of the Savage (Quai Branly, Paris):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16277976
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16295827

DSS (Discovery Times Square):
http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/ny1_...ancient-israel

The Greatest Grid (Museum of New York City):
http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/ny1_...-year-old-grid

Dickens and London (Museum of London):
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-1...ah-nayeri.html

Tiffany paintings (Nassau County Museum of Art, NY):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/ny...ng-island.html

Renaissance Portraits (MOMA):
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions...llo-to-bellini

Money and Beauty (Palazzo Strozzi, Florence):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/ar...strozzi24.html

Kindred Spirits (Peter Blum Gallery, NYC):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/ar...y-in-soho.html

There's a permanent display of Cypriot antiquities in Stockholm:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/archaeolo...kholm/20111219



The National Gallery of Scotland acquired a Turner:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16303603

... and it (the Gallery) was the subject of a feature too:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/ar...ortrait17.html

Christmas at the Acropolis Museum:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2011...istmas-events/

Feature on some of the shows at the Park Avenue Armory:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/ar...tably-big.html

Museums are lining up to get the Staffordshire Hoard:
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/t...7319-30020103/

Assorted arts items of interest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/ar...eek-coins.html

A 'Best of 2011' arts feature:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...18-COTTER.html

[Aisling]

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Some Turkish smugglers were caught with a statue in their car:
http://eu.greekreporter.com/2012/01/...-in-their-car/

"Vandals" have irreparably damaged a Roman mosaic in Burgos:
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news...le_33201.shtml

Modern Antiquity (Getty Villa):
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/jan/...sters-were-by/

Working in Archaeology (University of York):
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9458...gists_at_work/

The Horse (British Museum):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...history-horses

Lux in Arcana (Rome):
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=52777

Faces Revealed (Uffizi, Florence):
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=52770

Roads of Arabia (Pergamon, Berlin):
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article556814.ece

John Adams Unbound (Sachem Public Library, NY):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/ny...mss-books.html

Some video from the DSS exhibition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_9VS6ld51g (featuring L. Schiffman)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIqoYvl2UuA

Feature on the British Museum:
http://www.tampabay.com/features/tra...istory/1209331

... and one on US Museums in general:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-...g-museums.html

Overview of interesting museum purchases this year:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/ar...-auctions.html

The Louvre is the most visited museum:
http://iphone.france24.com/en/201201...british-museum

Some art critics choose their favorite 'long term' pieces:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/ar...on-a-wall.html

[Aisling]

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A medieval burial slab was stolen from a Herefordshire church:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-16497632

Some stolen icons are returning to Cyprus:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/icons/sto...-home/20120112

Picasso (and others) theft from Greece's National Gallery:
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=52908

Istanbul is a hub for Islamic art thefts (Couldn’t get this page to load; perhaps someone else will have better luck!):
http://www.eurasiareview.com/0701201...mic-art-theft/

A couple of 'diggers' destroyed some artifacts in their search for ‘a treasure' at Beit Shemesh:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...173467,00.html

DaVinci drawings (Birmingham, England):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ngham-16528450

A Day in Pompeii (Boston’s Museum of Science):
http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/still-d...0-years-later/

The Multitool:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...s-show/251313/

The Renaissance Portrait:
http://calitreview.com/22943

Aphrodite and the Gods of Love (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston):
http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/goddess...-center-stage/

Emma Lazarus (Museum of Jewish Heritage, NY):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/ar...ge-review.html

Divided Light and Color (Bruce Musuem, CT):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/ny...nd-review.html

The British Museum has put one of the oldest copies of the Quran on display:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-23697590/

I'm not sure if this is an official exhibition or not ... history of Ireland in 100 objects:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...310228113.html

Curators narrate an interactive tour of the renovated galleries at the met:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...can-panos.html

cf:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/ar...enovation.html

Feature on the Museum of Jurassics Technology (Culver City, CA):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/ar...de-review.html

Nice endowment for the Smithosnian Galleries:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/20...ion-endowment/

Review of *A History of the World in 100 Objects*:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...DDMG1MMSE6.DTL

[WarHorse]

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The Horse (British Museum):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...history-horses

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John Adams Unbound (Sachem Public Library, NY):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/ny...mss-books.html

Wish I could see both of those. Thanks for letting me know about them.

[Aisling]

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Vague item on thefts from sites near Tekoa in the Judean Desert:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ne...sh.aspx/229500

An illegal antiquities dealer was caught on Rhodes:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w...01/2012_423459

The Robert Hecht trial has finally expired:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...9253.storylink

A purloined piece of the the cross has been returned:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfidauojcwey/rss2/

A collection of blogs which cover the antiquities trade/looting subject:
http://dougsarchaeology.wordpress.co...u-should-read/

Renaissance Statuettes (Walters Museum of Art, Baltimore):
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=53148

Hajj (British Museum):
http://english.alarabiya.net/article...20/189478.html

Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts):
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=53149

Mythological Wildlife (International Wildlife Museum, Tucson):
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...nce/52553880/1

Rembrandt's World (Morgan Library Museum):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/ar...um-review.html

Bellotto:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/ar...ellotto14.html

Cleopatra (California Science Center):
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/18/419...-open-may.html

Return of the Gods (Roman-Germanic Museum, Cologne):
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=53050

On the need for cooperation between curators and collectors:
http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/01/1...curators-take/

What the major auction houses leave behind:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/ar...kesmodels.html

[Aisling]

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A somewhat vague item on the arrest of a Greek priest who was caught treasure hunting in his own church:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-0...wn-church.html

A routine pullover near Ankara turned up some antiquities in the process of being smuggled:
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-2693...-pullover.html

Fraud charges for a New York art dealer:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/20...fraud-charges/

Hajj (British Museum):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...-museum-review

Gold of the Incas (Rock Galleries, Stockholm):
http://www.smvk.se/smvk/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=266&l=en_US

Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello (Smithsonian):
http://hnn.us/articles/new-exhibit-e...lave-ownership

Marble Sculpture from 350 B.C. to Last Week:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/ar...westwater.html

Jubilation/Rumination:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/ar...rt-museum.html

Roads of Arabia (Pergamon Museum, Berlin):
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article568270.ece

A private Kurdish archaeological museum:
http://www.kurdishglobe.net/display-...610674DE952DC1

Princeton University Art Museum is returning items to Italy:
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/a...3K74/index.xml

Girl With a Pearl Earring is going on tour:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/ar...k-in-2013.html

Feature on the Naples National Archaeological Museum:
http://www.stripes.com/travel/europe...facts-1.166571

The Seaport Museum has reopened:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/ar...-makeover.html

Heritage Lottery cash to help the construction of the BM's world conservation and exhibitions centre:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...rvation-centre

Abu Dhabi has big museum plans:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/wo...r-museums.html

Some auctions at Christie's this week with an Asian focus:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/ar...elikian28.html

... and their Old Masters sale:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/ar...elikian27.html

Feature on all those auction type shows on television:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/ar...elevision.html