Artworthy

Artworthy is a recurring feature that calls out exhibitions, fairs, and/or other art world events worth your precious free time. This weekend's pick...

...was a no-brainer. Sunday is the last day to see the Greek Euphronios krater at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York before it heads to the presidential palace in Rome, a casualty of the battle Italy has been waging for the return of antiquities it claims were looted from its soil. The Met bought the artifact in 1972 from an antiquities dealer currently being tried in Rome for "conspiring to traffic in looted artifacts."

The terracotta vessel, used to mix water and wine, was painted by Euphronios, one of the most skilled Greek artists of his time, and is said to be the only vase touched by the master's hand that has survived completely in tact. It depicts a scene from the Trojan war in which the body of Zeus' son Sarpedon is returned to his homeland.

Figure Painting's guess is that the crowd around the krater will be thick and jostling for a decent view this weekend — but it's worth that frustration.

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Euphronios Krater, Photo Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York