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The Egyptian items repatriated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office this week, collectively valued at $1.4m, include a wood coffin face and a royal alabaster vase

Frank Stella has died at 87, pro-Palestine protests continued at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Whitney Museum, and more global art news.

French high court rejects Martinez's appeal but drops charges against curator Jean-François Charnier in Egyptian antiquities investigation

Law Frances Highest Court Could Clear Laundering Charges Against a Louvre Curator The charges against museum director Jean-Luc Martinez,...

Louvre curator Jean-Francois Charnier may see antiquities smuggling charges against him dropped after a decision by a French high court.

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An octogenarian art dealer is suspected of being the source of allegedly smuggled antiquities sold to the Met and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Serop Simonian was arrested in his hometown of Hamburg and transferred to France

Serop Simonian is believed to be behind the sale of allegedly smuggled objects to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Both Martinez and curator Jean-Francois Charnier, who is also ensnared in the allegations, will appeal the decision.