2025-10-19 | Uncategorized
In November 2019, ARCA published a blog post raising questions about a suspect 5th-century BCE polychrome antefix depicting a dancing maenad, which had been consigned to a Christie’s auction and that ARCA believed the piece warranted closer scrutiny. That artefact was...
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...
2020-06-05 | Art & Culture, Art and Antiquities Crime, Restitution, Subhash Kapoor
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,...
2020-06-05 | Arrests, Art & Culture, Court-related, theft
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...
