Art & Collectibles After Scathing Criticism From Locals, the Rodin Museum Is Scrapping Plans for an Outpost in Spain The institution pulled the plug following remarks from Spanish politicians, educators and others. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
Art & Collectibles Pope Francis Is Giving the Vatican’s Collection of Parthenon Marbles Back to Greece The Vatican says the move was “a concrete sign of his sincere desire to follow in the ecumenical path of truth.” By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
Art & Collectibles Egypt’s Great Pyramids and Sphinx Could Be Lost Due to Climate Change, Experts Say Rising sea levels threaten to flood the African nation’s archaeological sites. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
Art & Collectibles This Online Database Tracks Which Museums Have the Looted Benin Bronzes Digital Benin lists the locations of more than 5,000 stolen African artifacts. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
News A Long-Lost Fernand Léger Painting Just Reappeared After Spending 100 Years Behind Another Canvas The unnamed piece from the “Smoke over the Rooftops” series, was discovered on the flip side of Léger’s Bastille Day. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
Art & Collectibles This Rare Piet Mondrian Painting Is Poised to Break Its $50 Million Auction Record Next Month Sotheby’s with offer the lot titled Composition No II in modern art evening sale in New York on November 14. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
Art & Collectibles UK Prime Minister Liz Truss Doesn’t Want to Return This Collection of Ancient Sculptures to Greece The Parthenon Marbles are at the center of one of the highest-profile restitution cases in history. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
Art & Collectibles A Prominent Egyptologist Claims He Has Discovered Queen Nefertiti’s Mummy Archaeologist Zahi Hawass is part of a team that undertook a high-profile excavation in Luxor’s Valley of the Kings. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
Art & Collectibles An Egyptian Antiquities Trafficking Investigation Has Embroiled German Museums A Paris judge has issued European arrest warrants against four Hamburg-based dealers, reports claim. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
Art & Collectibles Scotland’s Glasgow Museums Is Returning Stolen Artifacts to India, Marking a UK First The institution has handed seven objects, some of which are over 1,000 years old, back to the Indian government. By Tessa Solomon for ARTnews