antiquities

January 23, 2014
Cristina Ruiz and Javier Pes report in the Art Newspaper on Italy’s demand for the immediate return of antiquities once owned by the disgraced antiquities dealer Robin Symes , declared bankrupt in 2003.

November 7, 2013
This early first-century Roman marble portrait bust of Gaius Caesar sold at the Bonhams Antiquities auction on 23 October to an Italian buyer, meaning that Gaius can return home after a long absence.

September 1, 2013
Martin Bailey reports in The Art Newspaper that Unesco has warned Italy that Pompeii will be placed on its “World Heritage in Danger” list unless immediate action is taken to halt degradation and preserve the site.

July 7, 2013
Etruscan Funerary Urn.