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Reactions to “The Great Giveback”

Reactions to “The Great Giveback”

0 on February 6, 2013, 11:00 am / in archaeology law, Art Law, egypt, Elgin Marbles, Historic Preservation, Looting, Museums

Senior editor at the New York Review of Books, Hugh Eakin, recently published an opinion piece, “The Great Giveback,” in [...]

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Public and Private Property in the Cultural Property Realm: Reporting from Oahu

Public and Private Property in the Cultural Property Realm: Reporting from Oahu

1 on June 6, 2012, 7:28 pm / in archaeology law, cultural property law, Elgin Marbles, Museums, Preservation Initiatives, Repatriation, United Kingdom

Reporting from the Law and Society 2012 Conference in fabulous Honolulu, I went to a talk yesterday by Betina Kuzmarov [...]

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Cultural Property Law on October 20, 2010: Marion True, Indonesian Dance, and a Wayward Greek God

Cultural Property Law on October 20, 2010: Marion True, Indonesian Dance, and a Wayward Greek God

0 on October 20, 2010, 1:18 pm / in archaeology law, cultural property law, Elgin Marbles, Holocaust Repatriation, Intangible Cultural Property, Italy, Museums, Scandinavia, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom

This week, in the wild, wonderful world of cultural property: The statute of limitations has run on the prosecution of [...]

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The Elgin Marbles, the Bust of Nefertiti, the Euphronios Krater, and the Rosetta Stone: Who Owns What?

The Elgin Marbles, the Bust of Nefertiti, the Euphronios Krater, and the Rosetta Stone: Who Owns What?

2 on May 11, 2010, 12:18 pm / in archaeology law, cultural property law, egypt, Elgin Marbles, Germany, Greece, Italy, James Cuno Who Owns Antiquity?, Museums, Patrimony Laws, Politics, Repatriation, United Kingdom

As I typed in my rather unimaginative title to this post (I’m exhausted from traveling today, and its the best [...]

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Cuno and Gerstenblith Face Off on Antiquities Ownership Issues

Cuno and Gerstenblith Face Off on Antiquities Ownership Issues

0 on March 22, 2010, 8:00 am / in archaeology law, cultural property law, egypt, Elgin Marbles, Greece, James Cuno Who Owns Antiquity?, Museums, Repatriation

You might be thinking that I’ve got a bit of a crush on James Cuno, since this is the third [...]

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Antiquities Wars Recordings Up (Finally!)

Antiquities Wars Recordings Up (Finally!)

5 on March 3, 2010, 8:59 am / in archaeology law, cultural property law, Elgin Marbles, Illegal Trade, James Cuno Who Owns Antiquity?, Museums, Politics, Preservation Initiatives

Forever ago, I posted an announcement about a panel in NYC titled, “Antiquities Wars: A Conversation About Loot and Legitimacy.”  [...]

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Italy returns missing foot to Greece.

Italy returns missing foot to Greece.

0 on September 25, 2008, 9:45 am / in archaeology law, cultural property law, Elgin Marbles, Greece, Italy, Museums, Repatriation, Venus of Cyrene

Greece is delighted with Italy’s return of a Parthenon sculpture fragment featuring the foot of the goddess Artemis.  It is [...]

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