“Today the Getty Villa in Malibu reopens after a closure of more than eight years. The villa, where the oil tycoon JP Getty lived and which housed his original collection of art and antiquities, has remained the spiritual home of the world’s richest art institution… The grandeur of the villa, refurbished at a cost of $275m (£155m), does not disappoint… But overshadowing the opening is a scandal. Marion True, curator of antiquities for the Getty Trust and coordinator of the villa’s programmes, is on trial in Italy on charges that she conspired with antiquities dealer Robert Hecht to export illegally excavated treasures.”