January 11th News

Today's news seems to be nothing but museum exhibits.

New stories as of 6:44 AM:

Famous Greek Vase In Its Last Days At NYC's Metropolitan Museum
Newsday.com
NEW YORK - An ancient Greek vase that has long been a highlight of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection will be displayed there for the last time Sunday before being returned to Italy, which maintains it was stolen from a site near Rome...
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--italy-lootedantiq0111jan11,0,7030909.story

Italy Lends Ancient Vessels To Met Museum As 'Krater' Returns
Bloomberg
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- As the Metropolitan Museum of Art prepares to relinquish a prized, 2,500-year-old bowl, Italy's Culture Ministry has agreed to lend the institution three ancient Greek vessels for four years...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=alqf9OfDp81M&refer=muse

An Outing For Hadrian At The British Museum
Telegraph.co.uk
An exhibition on the Roman emperor Hadrian - the first staged anywhere in the world - is to be mounted at the British Museum this summer, replacing the First Emperor terracotta warriors show which closes in April...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/11/nart111.xml

Hadrian The Gay Emperor
Independent
His attempt to fortify the Roman Empire is well known. But an exhibition focuses on another side of the man...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3328406.ece

British Museum Examines Rome's Premier Gay Couple
Pinknews.co.uk
He is best-known in the UK for building a defensive wall as protection against the fierce Scots.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6533.html

The Met Makes A Swap
The New York Sun
The Euphronios krater, an ancient Greek bowl that was the subject of a several-year dispute between Italy and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will be on view at the Met for the last time this Sunday...
http://www.nysun.com/article/69386

Ciao To A Met Prize Returning To Italy
The New York Times
In the coda to a long tug of war, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is bidding goodbye to the Euphronios krater, a 2,500-year-old vessel that has been a showpiece of its collection for more than three decades. Sunday is the last viewing day...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/arts/design/11voge.html?ref=design