Heritage heroes: US duo largely behind return of looted Cambodian artefacts
via Khmer Times, 01 March 2023: Cambodia's recent success with the repatriation of its cultural heritage are largely due to ...
Tag: repatriation
Stories about the return of antiquities (often stolen) and archaeological materials.
See also: looting
Circumambulating Objects: on Paradigms of Restitution of Southeast Asian Art
An open call for a new project by SOAS and the Getty Foundation looking at the restitution of art. There ...
Are museums celebrating cultural heritage—or clinging to stolen treasure?
via National Geographic, 23 February 2023: This story doesn't have a Southeast Asian angle (it focuses mainy on Africa) but ...
In a Sea of Stolen Artifacts, What Is the Role of the Museum?
via The San Francisco Standard, 21 February 2023: The discussion of the role of museums in the supply chain of ...
Roundup: Looted Cambodian jewellery returns home
via BBC News, 20 February 2023: Close to 80 pieces of Angkorian jewellery, believed to be stolen by Douglas Latchford, ...
Buddha statues returned from Australia
via Bangkok Post, 27 January 2023: The statues were in the possession of an Australian national for more than a ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Repatriation Problem Is Getting Bigger
via ArtNews, 20 January 2023: Story on the Met Museum, with a brief mention of Douglas Latchford.
Revelations in Cambodia looting scandal name ‘scholar’ at Denver Art Museum as accomplice to disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford
via The Art Newspaper, 05 January 2023:
Dutch to return 37 ancient skeletons to Malaysia
via The Star: The skeletons will be stored at the future Guar Kepah Archaeology Gallery.
New in the Online Lecture Library (December 2022 update)
With the world opening up and living wih Covid, there were less online lectures happening every month. This last update ...
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