January 19, 2022
…the Upper East Side, The Atlantic, November 23, 2021, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/12/bogdanos-antiquities-new-york/620525/. [3] Matthew Bogdanos, The Terrorist in the Art Gallery, NY Times, December 10, 2005, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/opinion/the-terrorist-in-the-art-gallery.html. See also Jason Edward Kaufman,…
April 26, 2023
…and community activities. See https://www.emowaa.com/. [15] David Frum, Who Benefits When Western Museums Return Looted Art?, The Atlantic, September 14, 2022, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/10/benin-bronzes-nigeria-return-stolen-art/671245/ [16] Id. [17] Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin, Welterbe in Gefahr:…
August 31, 2022
…masterpieces helped protesters draw attention to their cause, but they also have their own truths to tell. [1] https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/climate-activists-artworks-gluing-protests-1234637104/sistine-madonna-by-raphael/#recipient_hashed=5bf6c39240e3325bd8093c1c73b64f1c0a7e654fd2965f1d1db091ad8b427822 [2] https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/30/german-climate-activists-strike-museums-four-times-in-past-week [3] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/01/fossil-fuel-political-giving-outdistances-renewables-13-to-one/ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/20/what-we-now-know-they-lied-how-big-oil-companies-betrayed-us-all [4] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/half-of-tory-voters-want-energy-to-be-nationalised-9mrtfp5fs [5] https://hyperallergic.com/421880/culture-unstained-documents-british-museum-bp-russia/ [6] https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/feb/07/climate-activists-bring-trojan-horse-to-british-museum…
May 15, 2022
…for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, http://www.parthenonuk.com; the Friends of the British Committee, http://www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/marbles/friends.htm; the US Committee on the Parthenon; The Canadian Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon…
November 11, 2022
The Committee for Cultural Policy, POB 4881, Santa Fe, NM 87502. The Global Heritage Alliance, 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW Ste 440, Washington, DC 20015 Comments on UNESCO’s Draft Model Provisions…
April 4, 2022
…it appears that claim was a bargaining ploy for a better deal from the Chinese development companies. Archaeologist Qadir Temori on site. Credit Brent Huffman, www.Saving Mes Aynak.com. The Taliban’s…
January 7, 2020
…land confiscation in Mardin, Syriac Christians see little hope of reviving their communities. Jewish communities in Turkey Turkish Jews, late Ottoman era. Wikimedia Commons. For centuries, Ottoman Turkey was a…
October 2, 2021
…14, 2021, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-afghan-police-women-being-killed-forced-into-hiding-after-taliban-takeover [13] Taliban hang body in public,: signal return to past tactics, PBS, September 25, 2021, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/taliban-hang-body-in-public-signal-return-to-past-tactics [14] The Committee for Cultural Policy (CCP) is an educational and…
July 28, 2022
…work accomplished in Libya since 2017 has been done instead by committed local officials and heritage specialists who command the respect of the communities where sites are located. This has…
July 8, 2020
…vigorously believing strongly in its mission to help protect the cultural heritage of mankind and responding to the demands of foreign states. This is commendable provided the Department complies with…