#latchford — Public Fediverse posts

The Weir, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, 1904 - Arthur Davidson Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/the-weir-latchford-warrington-cheshire-1904-arthur-davidson-postcard-244374006.htm

#Latchford #Warrington

#reading "Revelations in Cambodia looting scandal name ‘scholar’ at Denver Art Museum as accomplice to disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford"

Thanks to #art #looting #networks like that of Douglas #Latchford and Emma C. #Bunker, not a single #Prakhon #Chai sculpture remains in #Thailand.

An art historian and #museum #trustee, Bunker's writings helped boost their prices in the #antiquities market.
Thailand wants museums to return them.

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/05/revelations-in-cambodia-looting-scandal-name-scholar-at-denver-art-museum-as-accomplice-to-disgraced-dealer-douglas-latchford

#cultural #heritage

Uh oh. More loot at the #Metropolitan #Museum of #Art

#Artnews reports:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Repatriation Problem Is Only Getting Bigger

‘concern about Kossak’s relationship with colleague Martin Lerner…

Last year, the New York Times documented the business relationship between #Lerner and Douglas #Latchford, an #antiquities collector who was indicted in 2019 by New York officials for illegally #trafficking artifacts from #Cambodia’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-of-arts-repatriation-news-1234654313/