The David Johnson Collection

A private collector agrees to repatriate his collection to Cyprus in an important accord with church representatives and Walk of Truth.

David JD Johnson, the Metropolitan of Kykkos and Tillirias, Nikiforos, and Tasoula Hadjitofi of Walk of Truth signed an agreement under which Mr. Johnson will transfer 150 antiquities, most dating from the Bronze Age, to the Holy Monastery of Kykkos. Under the agreement, the objects will be repatriated in stages to allow the monastery time to create appropriate exhibition space in its museum, ensuring the artefacts are available to researchers and on public view. Read more…

The Four Frescoes

At a special ceremony held at the Embassy of Cyprus in The Hague on 21 January, Walk of Truth Foundation delivered to Cyprus four fragments of frescoes that had been looted after the 1974 Turkish invasion, then illegally traded on the world art market before they were returned by a Canadian art collector several decades later. Read more…