08-23-2005, 11:37 AM
Finally the European countries seem to have woken up:
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[quote]Italy goes after the Getty for ‘receiving’ art
John Follain, Rome
THE curator of antiquities at California’s respected J Paul Getty Museum will go on trial in Italy next month accused of conspiracy to receive stolen goods in a landmark case closely watched by the art world.
Marion True, 56, who has worked since 1982 for the Getty, one of the world’s richest collections, is also accused by Rome prosecutors of illicit receipt of archeological items.
The trial involves some 40 artefacts and follows a nine-year inquiry by Italy’s art squad, a unit of the carabinieri â€â€Â
Quote:Getty museum curator turned 'blind eye to art theft'
By Bruce Johnston, in Rome
(Filed: 19/07/2005)
A senior curator of the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles was put on trial in Rome yesterday charged with receiving stolen artefacts.
Marion True, the curator of antiquities, is alleged to have knowingly obtained 40 archaeological finds illegally excavated by tomb raiders or stolen in Italy. She is charged with criminal association, receiving stolen Italian artefacts and laundering artworks purchased privately and sold to the Getty using allegedly bogus documents. True, 56, who faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, denies the charges, which relate to a period from the mid-1980s until 1998.
The case is seen as an attempt to put pressure on international collectors to verify the origin of their artefacts. Experts believe the global market in stolen antiquities generates billions of pounds a year. "Museums must learn you can't turn a blind eye to art theft,'' a prosecution team member said. The trial was adjourned until November 16. Italy's arts ministry has filed for civil damages in the case.
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[url:1p93jri5]http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/19/wgetty19.xml[/url]
[quote]Italy goes after the Getty for ‘receiving’ art
John Follain, Rome
THE curator of antiquities at California’s respected J Paul Getty Museum will go on trial in Italy next month accused of conspiracy to receive stolen goods in a landmark case closely watched by the art world.
Marion True, 56, who has worked since 1982 for the Getty, one of the world’s richest collections, is also accused by Rome prosecutors of illicit receipt of archeological items.
The trial involves some 40 artefacts and follows a nine-year inquiry by Italy’s art squad, a unit of the carabinieri â€â€Â
Christian K.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.
No reconstruendum => No reconstruction.
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.