There’s a mounting furor in Italy over antiquities in a number of American museums. In recent months Italian authorities have charged Marion True, formerly a curator with the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, with trafficking in illegal ancient art (see news story, p. 12). According to Italian police, the Getty collection includes 42 pieces that were smuggled out of Italy. (True has resigned from the Getty, though for reasons not having to do with the trial.) Italian police have now expanded their investigation to include antiquities in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. They claim that six pieces […]