Repatriation

An Update on Turkey’s Cultural War

An Update on Turkey’s Cultural War

0 on January 30, 2013, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Art Authenticity, France, Looting, Museums, Recovery, Repatriation, Turkey

Turkey is currently seeking the return of thousands of antiquities which they believe are rightfully theirs. In this pursuit, Turkish [...]

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Problems Arise as The Getty Attempts to Verify Antiquities

Problems Arise as The Getty Attempts to Verify Antiquities

0 on January 29, 2013, 9:00 am / in Art Authenticity, Art Heists, Italy, Looting, Museums, Repatriation

In a recent effort to become more transparent, the Getty is currently attempting to verify the origins of the antiquities [...]

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Head of Hades to be Returned to Sicily

Head of Hades to be Returned to Sicily

1 on January 15, 2013, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Greece, Looting, Museums, Repatriation

The Getty museum has recently announced that it has decided to voluntarily return a terracotta head to the Museo Archeologico [...]

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Turkey Ups Ante in Repatriation Efforts

Turkey Ups Ante in Repatriation Efforts

4 on September 6, 2012, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, cultural property law, Museums, Repatriation, Turkey, United Kingdom

Turkey’s Ministry of Culture has started applying pressure to major museums to return what they say are looted antiquities from [...]

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More (Allegedly) Stolen Art at Sotheby’s

More (Allegedly) Stolen Art at Sotheby’s

0 on August 24, 2012, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Art Heists, Art Law, Auction Houses, Cambodia, cultural property law, Looting, Patrimony Laws, Repatriation

There is yet another piece of allegedly stolen art gracing the pages of Sotheby’s 2011 catalog. Prosecutors have recently filed [...]

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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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Korea Demands Tokyo’s Return of Chosun Prince Armor

Korea Demands Tokyo’s Return of Chosun Prince Armor

0 on May 3, 2012, 6:00 am / in archaeology law, cultural property law, Japan, Korea, Museums, Repatriation

The Tokyo National Museum has acknowledged it holds a set of armor and headpiece worn by a Chosun prince, which [...]

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Looted Breton Painting Returned to France

Looted Breton Painting Returned to France

0 on October 25, 2011, 8:00 am / in archaeology law, Belgium, cultural property law, France, Germany, Museums, Repatriation

In an official ceremony last week, the United States returned the looted “Fisherman’s Daughter” painting by Jules Breton to France. [...]

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Genocide Skulls Returned to Namibia

Genocide Skulls Returned to Namibia

0 on October 24, 2011, 8:00 am / in Africa, archaeology law, cultural property law, Germany, Hague convention, Repatriation

Germany is returning 20 human skulls to Namibia and issuing a public apology for the events resulting in their possession [...]

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Pakistani Protest Halts Auction of Siddhartha Buddha

Pakistani Protest Halts Auction of Siddhartha Buddha

0 on October 3, 2011, 9:01 am / in archaeology law, Auction Houses, cultural property law, Looting, Repatriation, UNESCO

An advertisement for an upcoming Christie’s auction in Paris caught the eye of a UNESCO official, who recognized the pictured [...]

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