Articolo 9 Art Consultation: News

This is the investigative journalistic blog of Articolo 9 Art Consultation. Here you can find daily news and important info on the protection of artistic and cultural patrimony, criminality in the global art market, and other signifcant areas such as art markets, exhibitions, artists and cultural events.

Sunday, February 12, 2023

“Dr. No” the Nefarious Figure Who Commissions Art Thefts

 “Dr. No” the Nefarious Figure Who Commissions Art Thefts: Fact or Fancy?

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2023/02/11/dr-no-the-nefarious-figure-who-commissions-art-thefts-fact-or-fancy/

Raffaele Imperiale: Camorra boss who possessed two stolen Van Gogh paintings.


Empty frame that held a stolen Rembrandt in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.



Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Lysippos of Fano: Getty Museum Continues to Ignore Court Order of Restitution

 Lysippos of Fano: Getty Museum Continues to Ignore Court Order of Restitution

by Charles Vincent Sabba

Jan 16, 2023

La Voce di New York


Lisippo di Fano (Victorious Youth) currently held at the Getty Villa.

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2023/01/16/lysippos-of-fano-getty-museum-continues-to-ignore-court-order-of-restitution/



Greek Poet Orpheus and Two Sirens, terracottas that were stolen from Italy, bought by the Getty Villa and recently repatriated to Italy after being seized in April 2022 by Matthew Bogdanos, Director of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

“Lysippos of Fano” Saga Continued: Italian Experts Express Views on the Stolen Art



Getty Muesum, Pacific Palisades, California where the Lysippos bronze they call the “Victorious Youth” and “Getty Btonze” is currently exhibited.

Please read my latest article in La Voce di new York: Lysippos of Fano the saga continues. Experts express views on the stolen art.

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2022/12/14/lysippos-of-fano-saga-continued-italian-experts-express-views-on-the-stolen-art/ 


Thursday, December 1, 2022

Precious and rare "Lysippos of Fano" statue in Getty Villa: The efforts to repatriate it. La Voce di New York; by Charles Vincent Sabba



Precious and rare "Lysippos of Fano" statue in the Getty Villa: the efforts to epatriate it.

La Voce di New York

Charles Vincent Sabba

The five-decades-long legal battle between the Italian government who want it back and the museum that claims it wasn't looted. 

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2022/12/01/precious-and-rare-lysippos-of-fano-statue-in-getty-villa-the-efforts-to-repatriate-it/ 

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

New Film Trailer: Defending the Peninsula

 Please view our new trailer and PLEASE subscribe to our Youtube channel: Articolo 9 Consulting. We will be posting many new film shorts and films regarding art theft and art crimes! Italy is a major source country of the world's billion dollar art markets and is also an epicenter of art theft, looting, illicit trafficking and loss and destruction of its precious artistic patrimony. In this investigative reporting film we discuss this problem in depth. The film Defending the Peninsula was one of the three finalists in the 2022 Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum.

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Friday, November 18, 2022

Short Film Clip of Sabba’s Film Defending the Peninsula

 Here is a short film clip of the film Defending the Peninsula which was produced and directed by Charles Vincent Sabba. This is an exerpt of the hour long film that was one of the three finalists in the Russo Brothers Film Forum. Please subscribe to our Youtube channel after viewing this. There will be many new film shorts concerning art theft, art crimes and cultural property protection shown on this  channel very soon. 


Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Climate Activists, Keep Your Hands off Our Art

https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2022/10/26/climate-activists-keep-your-hands-off-our-art/ 



https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2022/10/26/climate-activists-keep-your-hands-off-our-art/

La Voce di New York

26 October , 2022

Climate Activists, Keep Your Hands off Our Art!

Unlike that of the US, the Italian Constitution makes sacred both Nature and art; they are both part of the human patrimony

By Charles Vincent Sabba

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“Dr. No” the Nefarious Figure Who Commissions Art Thefts

 “Dr. No” the Nefarious Figure Who Commissions Art Thefts: Fact or Fancy? https://lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2023/02/11/dr-no-the-nefarious...