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☆ Cleveland Museum Sues to Stop Seizure of Statue Believed to Depict Marcus Aurelius
  + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius. The museum argues in its suit that the statue was lawfully obtained and that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has no legal authority to seize it. The 76-inch (1.9-meter) statue dates from A.D. 180 to 200 and is worth $20 million, according to the district attorney’s office. Museum spokesman Todd Mesek said it does not discuss ongoing litigation but noted the museum takes provenance issues very seriously. Marcus Aurelius ruled as Roman emperor from A.D. 161 to 180 and was a Stoic philosopher whose “Meditations” have been studied over the centuries.
Persons: Marcus Aurelius, Alvin Bragg’s, Bragg, “, ”, Todd Mesek Organizations: CLEVELAND, Cleveland Museum of Art, New York, Manhattan Locations: New York City, Manhattan, Bubon, Turkey, Cleveland, Greece, Israel, Italy
☆ Investigators Seize ‘Marcus Aurelius’ Statue From Cleveland Museum
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Tom Mashberg | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
With its flowing robes and stoic posture, the larger-than-life bronze statue believed to represent the great Roman statesman Marcus Aurelius had, since 1986, held pride of place in the Greek and Roman galleries at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Now the statue is off display, seized under a warrant earlier this month by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The office said on Thursday that the seizure was related to an “ongoing criminal investigation into a smuggling network involving antiquities looted from Turkey and trafficked through Manhattan.”In their warrant, investigators put the value of the statue, which is headless, at $20 million, and said it was about 1,800 years old. They said it would be transported to New York in September. According to the district attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, the accused traffickers were based in New York, giving the unit legal authority to seize the statue from another state because New York was the “focal point of the conspiracy.” Officials would not elaborate on the case.
Persons: Marcus Aurelius Organizations: Cleveland Museum of Art, ”, Trafficking Locations: Manhattan, Turkey, New York
☆ Leaving New York for Cleveland? Here’s How Far Their Money Went.
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
Mr. McGlinchey had been to Cleveland only once, years before. “People in the museum world know Cleveland, and know the Cleveland Museum of Art’s quality of programming,” said Ms. Scaturro, 46. So Ms. Scaturro went on her own, renting a house in Shaker Heights, a leafy Cleveland suburb. In Cleveland, house hunting proved more manageable than in New York. Ms. Scaturro, an avid cook, wanted a big kitchen and space for entertaining.
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