Cleveland.com

Newly purchased Greek vase shows Cleveland Museum of Art still committed to buying antiquities with clear provenance

“It was very important to me that this object meets both the high standards of quality that the CMA holds dear and that it has a very long and well-documented modern history,’’ Pevnick said. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Ancient Greek Shipwreck Is Now an Underwater Museum

The wreck of an ancient Greek ship, the Peristera, rests at a depth of 92 feet below the water's surface. © Ministry of Culture / Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities ...
Greek Reporter

Ancient Greek Stele Found in WWI Trenches Honored at Thessaloniki Museum

Nearly two thousand years after it was carved, a Roman-era stele came to light not through a formal excavation but during ...
Opinion
HyperallergicOpinion

How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color

The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.
Business Wire

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Unveils Five Newly Transformed Galleries for Art of Ancient Greece, Rome and the Byzantine Empire

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is unveiling an ambitious transformation in the George D. and Margo Behrakis Wing for Art of the Ancient World: five reimagined ...
Seattle Times

With eye on British Museum, Greece welcomes back ancient art

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece on Friday welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from ...
San Antonio Current

Exploring the nuances of ancient Greek wine at the San Antonio Museum of Art

Escape to ancient times at San Antonio Museum of Art 200 W Jones Ave, (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org Sure, air conditioning wasn’t invented yet but ancient times had some other stuff that was pretty ...
Greek Reporter

Greek Statues Were Not Only Painted and Dressed But Also Perfumed, Study Reveals

Researchers uncover that ancient Greek statues were not just painted and dressed but also perfumed, adding a new dimension to ...
Hartford Courant

Greek museum displays initial batch of antiquities recouped from US billionaire’s private collection

It’s a first symbolic step in a homecoming that will long outlast the 10-year Odyssey of ancient myth. For decades, an important part of Greece’s cultural heritage sparkled only for the very few in a ...
Yahoo

Greek museum displays 1st batch of artworks recouped from US

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It’s a first symbolic step in a homecoming that will long outlast the 10-year Odyssey of ancient myth. For decades, an important part of Greece's cultural heritage sparkled only ...
Cleveland.com

Seizure of ancient sculpture at Cleveland Museum of Art signals a global shift over returning looted, contested artworks

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The 2023 fall season at the Cleveland Museum of Art is not going exactly as planned. Ohio’s biggest art museum has been gearing up for the opening on Sunday, Sept. 10, of a major ...

Connecting cultures: 'Journey to Ancient Greece' exhibition makes second stop on tour of China

Athens and Beijing are seeking to strengthen cultural ties as 'Journey to Ancient Greece' opens at one of China's most important archaeological museums. 'Journey to Ancient Greece' explores the ...