Cambodia ‘highly suspicious’ about statues in British museums in hunt for looted art
via The Telegraph, 30 October 2022: The statue in the Ashmolean Museum came from a no-go zone, making its existence ...
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.
Cambodia’s missing artefacts: Team to call on Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore
via Channel NewsAsia, 21 October 2022: The Asian Civilisations Museum is among a few museums in Asia that Cambodia is ...
Last Week Tonight on Museums, Looted Antiquities and Repatriation
Last week Tonight is a weekly American comedy news show - in the most recent episode, host John Oliver takes ...
The Met’s Cambodia Problem
via The Diplomat, 20 September 2022: This story focuses on the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its relationship with the ...
[Video] Watch How Looted Statues Ended Up in Major Museums
via Bloomberg, 15 September 2022:
The Smuggling of Ancient Antiquities: Governments and art world urged to collaborate to end illicit trade
via Finance Uncovered, 14 September 2022: Another roundup of the recently-concluded ASEAN conference on Cultural Property Protection
Commentary: Museums need to be wary they don’t fuel black market for illicit cultural objects
via Channel NewsAsia, 09 September 2022: An op-ed by Museum Studies lecturer Dr Yunci Cai commenting on how looted artefacts ...
ASEAN committed to protect cultural property
via Khmer Times, 09 September 2022: Concluding news story from last week's conference on Cultural Property Protection.
U.S. deeply values and admires Cambodia’s rich cultural heritage
via Khmer Times, 07 September 2022: Comments made during the International Conference on Cultural Property Protection which should be wrapping ...
Cambodia’s Stolen Treasures Must Be Returned to Where They Belong
via Hyperallergic, 06 September 2022: Art Crime professor Erin Thompson argues why looted statues should return to Cambodia and not ...
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