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Experts offer a better look at the state of in-house provenance research as institutions respond to increased seizures of looted or stolen artifacts.

Let Us Now Not Boast of Our Worldly Possessions with Lynley McAlpine Lynley McAlpine, SAMA’s Associate Curator of Provenance Research, presents a follow-up to her recent book, Let Us Now Not Boast of Our Worldly Possessions: Provenance Stories from the San Antonio Museum of Art. She describes why provenance research is an essential ethical responsibility for museums, reveals behind-the-scenes evidence for the histories of artworks in SAMA’s collection, and shares new results of her research into the fascinating—and often eccentric—people who once owned them.

Met director Max Hollein provides an update on The Met’s work on cultural heritage and, more broadly, The Met’s engagements across the globe.

From its time in Germany during World War II to the shelves of a Texas Goodwill, a 2,000-year-old Roman bust is making its way back home.

It's believed that around the 1950s, a U.S. soldier stole the bust and brought it to the states, which is how it eventually ended up at the thrift store.