In the Italian city of Pesaro, a court ruled that @GettyMuseum ’s prized “Victorious Youth” statue should be returned to Italy, in response, the J. Paul Getty Trust issued a public reply, noting that Italy has no cultural claim on the statue https://hyperallergic.com/449866/should-the-getty-return-its-famed-victorious-youth-statue/ … by @SarahEBond
Certainly not. Having art spread around the world creates a global interest. No “government” has a monopoly on art that happened to originate from an area now under its control, long before its founding.