National Gallery of AustraliaSubhash KapoorRestitutions On 27 November 2017 the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison formally announced that as a result of criminal law proceedings underway in India and the United States against New York art dealer Subhash Kapoor,...
Art & Culture
This is a Divi Theme Builder template for all blog post categories and tags.
Revisiting the UK’s Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act of 2003
UK Heritage LawsArrestsSentencing This Friday ARCA reviews one of the few successful cases of prosecution using the UK's Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act of 2003. Christopher Cooper was an unemployed, amateur antique dealer in the United Kingdom, who is...
Shocking images of the theft of the Van Gogh in Holland shows thief used a sledgehammer
Van Gogh The NetherlandsMuseum Theft The Dutch police have released a portion of the video surveillance footage of a single suspect directly involved in the nighttime theft of Vincent Van Gogh's Parish garden in Nuenen from the Singer Laren Museum. On loan from the...
Censorship by the Oxford University or by Dirk Obbink’s law team?
Dead Sea Scrolls Theft Arrest On 16 April Lois Helsop at The Oxford Blue broke the news of that Thames Valley police had arrested American papyrologist Dr. Dirk Obbink, an associate professor in papyrology and Greek literature at Oxford University, on 2 March 2020....
Dirk Obbink arrested on suspicion of ancient papyrus theft
TheftEES Arrests It has now been made public, by the Oxford Blue that American papyrologist Dr. Dirk Obbink, an associate professor in papyrology and Greek literature at Oxford University, was taken into custody on 2 March 2020 by the Thames Valley police on suspicion...
Christie’s admits to failing to register to collect New York and local sales tax despite legal obligation to do so
Christie's Deferred prosecution NY/DA's Office In a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the auction powerhouse Christie's has agreed to pay up to $16.7 million in sales tax, penalties and interest over a two-year period to the state of New York. The firms unlucky legal...
Enroll In A Course Today
Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.