Getty-owned antiquities return home to Greece
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Two ancient Greek artefacts, which were   smuggled out of the country, came home on Thursday as part of   an agreement with the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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The Euphronios krater, at the heart of a three-decade tug of war between the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Italian government, received a heroâs welcome in Rome.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum announced on Monday that it had agreed to hand over an ancient gold funerary wreath and a marble statue that were illegally excavated and removed from Greece.
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A fine arts gallery and federal prosecutors have reached an agreement to return a 17th-century carved altar piece to a rural Peruvian village church from where it was allegedly stolen.
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The Italian Culture Ministry and the J. Paul Getty Museum of Los Angeles signed an agreement under which the museum will hand over 40 archaeological artifacts that Italy says were looted from its soil.
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A gold mask dating back more than 1,000 years to a pre-Inca civilization in northern Peru will be returned home next year after being turned in to police by a collector in Italy, a museum official said on Friday.
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OSLO -- The weekly magazine Se og Hoer offered a $14,800 reward yesterday for information leading to the return of two priceless Edvard Munch masterpieces stolen from an Oslo museum over the weekend. The city-owned Munch Museum reopened yesterday, two days after three masked robbers, including at least one with a pistol, snatched ''The Scream&quot; and ''Madonna&quot; and fled in ...
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The U.S. heirs to a major collection of art looted by the Nazis and finally returned after years of legal wrangling have sold four paintings back to the Dutch government for $4 million and donated a fifth work.
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An ancient stone coffin and sculpture of a lion's head have been returned to Greece after being handed over by private owners in the United States, the Culture Ministry said Wednesday.
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Greece's culture minister has cleared the way for demolition of a listed architectural gem in central Athens to improve the view from the landmark new Acropolis Museum.
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ARANDA, Albania - Encrusted with tiny shells and smelling strongly of the sea, a 2,400-year-old Greek jar lies in a saltwater bath in Durres Museum, on Albania's Adriatic coast.
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Some 350 boxes stuffed with receipts, photographs, letters and other records chronicling the history of the Leo Castelli Gallery are being given to the Smithsonian Institutionâs Archives of American Art in Washington.
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ATHENS -- Many of Greece's most valued ancient statues are wearing chains and padded vests, ready for a rare outing.
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A Boston exhibition of Greek art reflects both ancient athletic games, and modern moments of Olympic spirit.
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Separated since the late 1700s,  two pieces were reunited on Friday in one frame for the first time for âPoussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions,â an exhibition that opens on Tuesday at the Met.
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Many of Greece's most valued ancient statues are wearing chains and padded vests, ready for a rare outing.
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A rediscovered El Greco painting is bought by the Greek island of Crete, the birthplace of the artist.