#artrepatriation — Public Fediverse posts
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Manhattan DA: D.A. Bragg Announces The Return Of More Than 650 Antiquities To The People Of India. “Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the return of 657 antiquities collectively valued at nearly $14 million to the people of India. The pieces were recovered pursuant to several ongoing investigations into criminal trafficking networks, including those of alleged […]
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Texas museum sends items back to Italy amid global debate
After years in Alamo City, nine antiquities housed at the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) will soon…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #antiquities #artrepatriation #Arts #ethics #history #italy #sanantoniomuseumofart
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Texas museum sends items back to Italy amid global debate https://www.byteseu.com/1691056/ #antiquities #ArtRepatriation #Arts #ethics #history #Italy #SanAntonioMuseumOfArt
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Reuters: Erotic ancient Roman mosaic looted by Nazi officer returned to Pompeii. “An ancient Roman erotic mosaic depicting a half-naked couple has returned to Pompeii more than 80 years after it was stolen by a Nazi officer during World War II, Italy’s cultural heritage police said on Tuesday.”
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UCLA: Fowler Museum at UCLA returns Larrakia cultural objects to Australia. “The objects, which include 10 green glass spearheads and a kangaroo tooth headband, were collected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and have been held in the Fowler’s collection for decades. Their return was the result of a multiyear collaboration between the museum, Larrakia elders and the Australian […]
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UCLA: Fowler Museum at UCLA returns Larrakia cultural objects to Australia. “The objects, which include 10 green glass spearheads and a kangaroo tooth headband, were collected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and have been held in the Fowler’s collection for decades. Their return was the result of a multiyear collaboration between the museum, Larrakia elders and the Australian […]
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PC Gamer: Relooted is a high-tech heist game about reclaiming African artifacts from Western collections, which are said to hold ‘90% of sub-Saharan African cultural heritage’. “Relooted is set in a near future where a new international treaty stipulates that all African artifacts on public display in Western museums must be returned to their country of origin. … You’ll coordinate a crew of […]
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Manhattan District Attorney’s Office: D.A. Bragg Announces Return Of Three Antiquities To The People Of Iraq. “Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the return of three antiquities to the people of Iraq collectively valued at $500,000. The objects were recovered pursuant to multiple criminal investigations, including one into previously convicted London-based […]
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ProPublica: The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor. “The Art Institute of Chicago announced recently that it had returned to Nepal a sculpture that had been in its collection for at least a quarter century. Conspicuously left out of the press release: that the sculpture had been a gift from a wealthy Chicago donor.”
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Associated Press: An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move. “New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking a broader shift in the museum world to return significant artifacts.”
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Associated Press: An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move. “New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking a broader shift in the museum world to return significant artifacts.”
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Associated Press: An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move. “New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking a broader shift in the museum world to return significant artifacts.”