In Sunday's LA Times, Jason Felch reports on a languishing federal antiquities investigation. In 2008 there was a loud showy raid on five museums in Southern California, including: the Bowers Museum, the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, the Mingei Museum, and the LA County Museum of Art.
Tom Mashberg reports that Cambodia now has requested objects from others, including:
Denver Art Museum Cleveland Museum of Art The Norton Simon, And of course Sotheby's which is challenging a federal forfeiture New York's Metropolitan Museum announced it would return two other statues.
Denver Art Museum Cleveland Museum of Art The Norton Simon, And of course Sotheby's which is challenging a federal forfeiture New York's Metropolitan Museum announced it would return two other statues.
Katherine N. Skinner has a student note titled "Restituting Nazi-Looted Art: Domestic, Legislative, and Binding Intervention to Balance the Interests of Victims and Museums", 15 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. 673.
On Saturday CJ Chivers reported on looting in Syria, in particular at the ancient site of Ebla:
For decades Ebla has been celebrated for the insights it offers into early Syrian civilization.
For decades Ebla has been celebrated for the insights it offers into early Syrian civilization.
“Thieves Took $500M in Art in 81 Minutes.” Accessed March 26, 2013.