Tuesday,
September 25
Italians Think the
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The Getty has acknowledged as much.
It
is important to keep in mind that the Italian campaign is directed ONLY
against Art Looted AFTER 1970, the date covered by Italian
Legislation. It leaves at Least Two Centuries of Western European and
American "Acquisitions" that will not be able to be recovered,
unless, the by some long shot chance the law is changed, and the date pushed
back further.!!!!!
California's
J. Paul Getty Museum never had the best reputation in Italy and it's not
because the Getty is fabulously wealthy -- its endowment is worth $5.6-billion
(U.S.) -- and can buy masterpieces when the struggling Italian museums can
barely afford washroom cleaners. It's because the Italians think the Getty was
built on looted art. Looted Italian art to be exact.
The Getty has acknowledged as much and has been trying to repair its
strained relationship with the Italian government. The big gesture comes
today, in
The return of the artworks will not see the Getty turn into an echo chamber. As
part of the agreement,
One of the key characters in the book, written by Peter Watson and Cecilia Todeschini, is Marion True, the Getty's former curator of
antiquities. She and famous American art dealer Robert Hecht were indicted in
Giacomo Medici, the Medici in the "Medici
Conspiracy," is appealing a conviction on re lated
charges. Police found that his warehouse in
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