Australian National Gallery Returns Illegally Sold 9th-century Cham Sculptures to Cambodia
via various news sources below: The National Gallery of Australia is returning three 9th-century Cham sculptures to Cambodia, believed to ...
Tag: repatriation
Stories about the return of antiquities (often stolen) and archaeological materials.
See also: looting
[Webinar] Art and Culture in ASIA: Museum and Gallery
The Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, in partnership with School of Foreign Languages and Center for Studies of Eastern Literatures ...
In Koh Ker
via the London Review of Books Blog: Erin Thompson's blog post discusses the looting of sculptures from the Koh Ker ...
Netherlands returns historical objects to Indonesia
via Antara, 11 July 2023: The Dutch government officially returned various historical objects to the Indonesian government in Leiden as ...
[Roundup] Dutch to return colonial treasures to Indonesia, Sri Lanka
via AFP/Jakarta Post, 06 July 2023 and other sources below: The Netherlands has decided to return hundreds of colonial-era artifacts, ...
[Roundup] Antiquities smuggler’s family agrees to forfeit $12 million and a statue
via The Washington Post, 22 June 2023: U.S. authorities have reached a $12 million forfeiture agreement with Julia Copleston, the ...
How a statue looted from a Cambodian temple revealed a vast smuggling network dealing in stolen cultural artefacts
via South China Morning Post, 18 June 2023: An excellent investigative piece on the Cambodian antiquities smuggling network, and how ...
Việt Nam’s antiquities must be brought home
via Viet Nam News, 11 June 2023: In the global trend of repatriating looted art and artefacts, forensic archaeologists and ...
Inside the effort to return stolen cultural artifacts to Cambodia
via CBS News, 10 June 2023: Lawyer Brad Gordon seeks to recover missing artifacts from Angkor, including the "Standing Female ...
Dynamite Doug podcast is a pioneer in ‘looted heritage’ genre—but not its peak
via The Art Newspaper, 09 June 2023: The podcast "Dynamite Doug" reveals the story of Douglas Latchford and Emma Bunker, who ...
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