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Theft of a work by Antonello da Messina: The van used in the getaway has been found; the hunt is on for the accomplice

There has been a first, small breakthrough in the investigation into the theft of Antonello da Messina’s paintings: the van used by the perpetrators of the sensational theft of Antonello da Messina’s works —which took place on the night o...
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Fire Breaks Out During Fireworks Display; Flames Threaten the Aragonese Castle in Ortona

A dramatic Ferragosto in Ortona ( Chieti), where late yesterday evening, Sunday, August 16, a fire broke out behind the Aragonese Castle—the city’s symbol—during the fireworks display that was to conclude a local festival, the Feast of San Roc...
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The Metropolitan Museum in New York is exhibiting the oldest fragment of the *Odyssey*

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has returned the oldest surviving fragment of the *Odyssey* to public view, placing it once again within the exhibition layout of its main building on Fifth Avenue, after it had been stored in the museum&rsq...
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From Antonello to Caravaggio: The Long History of Art Theft in Sicily

The case of the two panels by Antonello da Messina stolen on August 15 from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina draws attention back to a long history of thefts in Sicily with deep-rooted origins. The Madonna and Child Enthro...
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Verita Monselles’s Women’s Photography on Display at the Pecci Center in Prato

Through August 30, 2026, the Pecci Center in Prato is hosting *Verita Monselles. CARNALE*, an exhibition dedicated to photographer Verita Monselles (Buenos Aires, 1929 – Florence, 2004), curated by Alessandra Acocella, Michele Bertolino, and Mo...
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A Picasso painting stolen in 1961 has resurfaced, and now the Guggenheim wants it back

A painting by Pablo Picasso stolen more than sixty years ago has been recovered, and now the Guggenheim Museum in New York wants it back. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation has filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court to secure the retu...
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Why the theft of Antonello da Messina’s panels is such a huge loss

The theft of the two panels by Antonello da Messina from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina—the MuMe—is not merely the theft of two priceless works of art. It is an incident that directly affects an essential part of Western...
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Farewell to Lorenzo Quilici, a leading figure in Italian archaeology and a scholar of the ancient landscape

Italian archaeology has lost one of its most authoritative and prominent figures with the passing of Lorenzo Quilici, a leading scholar who dedicated his entire life to the study of ancient topography, road networks, the evolution of settlements, and...
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