Organized Crimes Series: Antiquities and Stolen Art Trafficking
via the Global Investigative Journalism Network, 20 September 2021: Not dealing with Southeast Asia specifically (although Cambodia gets a brief ...
Tag: looting
The act of looting or stealing during a disturbance is a form of cultural theft. Looted artifacts often become part of the antiquities trade in Southeast Asia. In some cases, artifacts whose provenance can be established are repatriated to their home countries.
Property and Theft: A History of Looting in Southeast Asia
via ArtReview, 14 September 2021: A great article reviewing some of the major developments of antiquities trafficking and repatriation, including ...
New in the Online Lecture Library (August 2021 update)
I have a whole bunch of lectures added in for this month's update, covering ceramics in the Philippines, Ayutthaya-period wall ...
It’s Been a Watershed Year for the Restitution of African Artworks. But What About Objects Stolen From the Continent Next Door?
via ArtNet News, 06 July 2021: Issues of restitution, reconciliation and disruption - this article looks at colonial plunder across ...
15th century Hanuman idol traced to Singapore museum to be brought back soon, says Tamil Nadu minister
via Times of India, 27 June 2021: The government of Tamil Nadu is looking to repatriate a statue of Hanuman, ...
Manhattan D.A.’S Office Returns 27 Antiquities To Cambodia
via the Manhattan DA's Office, 09 June 2021: Artefacts were seized as part of investigations into Subhash Kapoor and Nancy ...
Heartbreak as large-scale salvagers loot Southeast Asia’s WWII shipwrecks, war graves
via Channel NewsAsia, 03 June 2021: A longer feature-length story accompanying the previous video on the looting of World War ...
Thai museum unveils 1,000-year-old artefacts returned from US
via AFP, 31 May 2021 and other sources: News stories on the repatriated lintels being unveiled at the National Museum ...
[Video] Shipwreck Robberies
via Channel NewsAsia, 15 May 2021: An episode of Undecover Asia focusing on the illegal salvage of World War II ...
Stolen lintels return to Thailand
The return of the lintels to Thailand marks the culmination of a three-year probe by HSI Bangkok, HSI San Francisco, ...
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