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Politician detained after attacks on ‘blasphemous’ works at Greek National Gallery

Four works by artist Christoforos Katsadiotis were vandalised earlier this week, The National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens confirmed

Artnet News · 2d

Greek Politician Destroys Art in National Gallery, Claiming ‘Blasphemy’

In a shocking act of vandalism, a religious politician attacked four artworks on display in Greece's national museum, forcing it to close.

Associated Press News on MSN · 3d

Greek lawmaker attacks paintings in Athens’ National Gallery, claiming they are offensive

Greece’s National Gallery says a Greek lawmaker attacked four paintings in an exhibition, including one he had previously criticized as offensive on religious grounds.

ARTnews on MSN · 1d

Far-Right Greek Politician Detained After Vandalism of ‘Sacrilegious' Artworks in Athens

Greek authorities arrested Nikos Papadopoulos, a far-right MP with the Niki party, after artworks in Athens's National Gallery were vandalized. Papadopoulos has been released from custody since his arrest on March 10,

ArtReview · 3d

Greek politician storms ‘blasphemous’ National Gallery show

On Monday, Papadopoulos and an accomplice entered the museum and removed the works from the wall, threw them to ground and stamped on them. Previously Papadopoulos had raised what he called the artist’s blasphemy with Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni through a parliamentary question.

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Met Museum to Return Griffin Head Donated by Former Trustee to Greece

The museum's researchers concluded it was likely illegally removed from the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in the 1930s, though details of the removal aren't known.

The New York Times18d

Met Museum Returning Ancient Bronze Thought Stolen from Greek Museum

By Graham Bowley The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a griffin, the mythological creature, after determining that the artifact from the 7th century B.C. was ...

U.S. News & World Report3d

Benaki Museum

The Benaki Museum focuses on Greek art, from prehistory to the modern age. Its campus features several contemporary and historic buildings that house everything from Islamic art to art ...

The Art Newspaper16d

Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning a bronze griffin’s head from the seventh century BC to Greece after it was found to have been stolen from a museum there in the 1930s. The ...

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