Italy to display returned art
Italy’s presidential palace will host an exhibit of 40 antiquities that the J. Paul Getty Museum is returning as Rome reclaims treasures it says were looted from Italian territory, officials said Wednesday.
The exhibition at the Qurinale Palace will open at the end of December and last through February, the palace said in a statement. Admission will be free.
After more than a year of negotiations, the Los Angeles-based Getty agreed in August to return the 40 works Italy says were looted.
The Getty has denied knowingly buying illegally obtained objects. Italy’s deal with the museum includes no admission of guilt.
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