A panel appointed by the overseers of the J. Paul Getty Museum will look into how it built up its antiquities collection and whether a top official of the J. Paul Getty Trust misused funds.
The trust’s board announced the formation of the five-member committee on Saturday, three months after Getty antiquities curator Marion True was charged by the Italian government with conspiring with dealers trafficking in looted items.
True has quit the Getty Trust and her trial resumes next month.
From Reuters
I’m seriously interested in how this will play out on the world stage because for years, nations (Greece, and Italy in particular) have been trying to get “plundered” or stolen artworks back. I’m muddy as to how this really will affect museums and other cultural entities. I’m also not sure to what extent “plunder or stolen” really is? are these “spoils of war”? I really don’t know where this line forms. What do you think?