2023-02-20 | Uncategorized
Amelia ancient historyRoberta MazzaInterview An Interview with Roberta Mazza By Edgar Tijhuis Can you tell us something about your background and work? I am an ancient historian specialised in papyrology, a discipline concerned with ancient...
2023-02-15 | Uncategorized
Amelia ARCA historyMonica di StefanoInterview Socials An Interview with ARCA’s Social Director Monica di Stefano By Edgar Tijhuis Since the beginning of ARCA’s program in Amelia, Monica Di Stefano has been involved in ARCA’s activities to organize...
2023-01-13 | Uncategorized
ARCA historyNoah CharneyInterview An Interview with ARCA Founder, Noah Charney By Edgar Tijhuis Noah Charney is the founder of ARCA, the Association for Research into Crimes against Art. What started out as a one-man initiative back in 2006 eventually developed...
2019-01-30 | Art & Culture
Conference Date: June 21-23, 2019 Abstract Submittal Deadline: March 30, 2019 Location: Amelia, Italy Celebrating a decade of academic conferences, ARCA will host its 10th summer interdisciplinary art crime conference the weekend of...
2019-01-28 | Art & Culture, Education
Recognizing that reclaiming looted cultural assets can feel like a Sisyphean task, and that restitution cannot be accomplished without the practical knowledge of how to conduct critical research, the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA) and the...
2019-01-25 | Art & Culture, Education
In 2019, the ARCA Postgraduate Program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection will be held from May 30 through August 14, in the heart of Umbria, in Amelia, Italy. In the months leading up to the start of the program, this year’s professors will be interviewed....
2019-01-18 | Art & Culture, Education
In 2019, the ARCA Postgraduate Program in Art Crime and Cultural Heritage Protection will be held from May 30 through August 14, in the heart of Umbria in Amelia, Italy. In the months leading up to the start of the program, this year’s professors will be interviewed....
2018-12-09 | Uncategorized
On December 3, 2018 Lisa Lapin, Vice President of Communications, J. Paul Getty Trust, released a press statement on the decision by Italy’s Court of Cassation on the Legal Ownership of the Victorious Youth. The museum also issued a timeline which I have elaborated...
2018-12-04 | Uncategorized
In 2006 Italian “fisherman” Igli Rosato a.k.a Athos Rosato spoke with US journalist Jason Felch about the fateful day in 1964 when the Victorious Youth bronze was fished from the Adriatic. In that interview Rosato told the journalist that the statue was...
2018-12-03 | Uncategorized
On Monday, Italy’s Cassation Court rejected the J. Paul Getty Museum’s appeal against the lower court ruling in Pesaro, issued by Magistrate Giacomo Gasparini. That earlier ruling, issued on June 08, 2018, was in favour of the prosecution’s request for seizure...