An Update on Turkey’s Cultural War
0Turkey is currently seeking the return of thousands of antiquities which they believe are rightfully theirs. In this pursuit, Turkish [...]
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Stolen Degas Painting Returned to French After 38 Years Missing
1US Homeland Security has returned a Degas painting, “Blanchisseuses Souffrant Des Dents” (Laundrywoman with an Aching Tooth), to the acting [...]
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Cultural Property Law on May 17, 2010: Three Picassos, Four Executions, and 14,000 Polaroids
2As I prepare to go to Italy for the summer to take part in the Association of Research Into Crimes [...]
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Cultural Property Law on April 1, 2010: Folk Dance, Chilean Heritage, and Those Diligent Canadians
2And today in cultural property law news… The Lawyer’s Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP) has launched their new website. [...]
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More to Mughal Than Meets the Eye
0In keeping with our recent theme of manuscript theft, an Australian woman was caught trying to smuggle pages torn from [...]
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Is lawful retention of colonially acquired artifacts on par with looting?
7At least under the current legal framework, looting is unlawful. Retention of artifacts procured in times of imperialism is not.
Read more ›Italy Will (Finally) Return the Venere di Cirene to Libya
1Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi today to finalize a “friendship and cooperation agreement” designed [...]
Read more ›Interpol Recovers Stolen Turkish Sculpture Head
0Interpol has recovered and returned a sculpture head stolen from the İzmit Archeology and Ethnography Museum. The head of the [...]
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