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One often hears the word provenance in context of the the fine art world, such as with the sale of a Rembrandt or Renoir painting, while the topic is often idly dismissed or ignored by sports memorabilia collectors. However, provenance should also be...

A new gallery itinerary, display, blog post, and Sunday at the Met lecture event at The Metropolitan Museum of Art focus on the heroic work of the Monuments Men during World War II and their lasting impact on the Museum and its...

Mural at Mount Athos, which you can only see if you’re a man and one of the rare visitors allowed to the isolated monasteries (via Wikimedia) Art history is very much a haunted field, with the specters of works obliterated, lost, hidden, or just...

  This is a timely interview by Dr.Manfred Gerstenfeld with prof. Rudi Ekkart. There is at the moment much interest in stolen art due to the Gurlitt affair in Germany and the movie of George Clooney about the “monuments men”. Dutch...

A New York art dealer has been arrested and charged with possessing and selling stolen artifacts from countries throughout Asia. Nancy Wiener is accused of using her gallery in New York City, called Nancy Wiener Gallery, to "buy, smuggle, launder and...