February 4, 2023
…disliked by their grandmothers. The Personal Property of Central Asian Jews Jewish families negotiating dowry (ikat textiles), Turkestanskii al’bom, Commissioned by Turkestan Governor-General, K.P. von Kaufman, Compiled by A.L. Kun…
March 19, 2019
…on show in June and July 2019, when UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee will meet in Baku, the capital of oil-rich Azerbaijan. Newly elected World Heritage Committee Chairman, Abulfaz Garayev, who…
April 1, 2019
…2019, https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOS-2019-0004-0004 [8] Ilan Ben Zion, In new crackdown, antiquities authorities tighten noose around dealers, thieves, Times of Israel, 5/16/2016, https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-new-crackdown-antiquities-authorities-tighten-noose-around-dealers-thieves/ [9] Jordanian Law of Antiquities No. 21 of 1988…
September 26, 2022
…come from a long lineage. Bronze sculptures were popular in ancient times with wealthy ancient Greeks and Romans. They had a comeback in the Renaissance, when finds of ancient bronzes…
December 7, 2022
…Dara (Oct. 16, 2022), available at https://www.imodara.com/magazine/send-it-back/ (last visited November 23, 2022). Kate Fitz Gibbon, Where will Benin bronzes go? Nigerian government, Edo Museum or Oba? Cultural Property News (October…
October 26, 2023
…49-50. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2706.html. [3] Dalya Alberge, ‘Enough is enough’: US looted treasures unit faces accusations over credit, The Guardian, September 26, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/26/antiquities-trafficking-unit-archaeologist-christos-tsirogiannis. [4] The same type of order used in…
January 10, 2024
…lose their jobs or be denied their pensions. The ban on children learning their religion, the threats to employment and retirement combine with a general fear of being compromised in…
April 27, 2024
…[3] See https://iadaa.org/about-us/ (last visited April 20, 2024). [4] See https://artdealers.org/about/mission (last visited April 20, 2024). [5] See https://www.bonhams.com/specialists/1937/joanna-van-der-lande/ (last visited April 24, 2024). [6] See https://www.iapn-coins.org/ (last visited April…
August 27, 2018
…for social and political control. Art depicting superiority of modernization versus religion, http://www.zonglanxinwen.com/img/fabbbc6bbacb.html Bans on common daily behaviors are even more disruptive to the social fabric. People are now afraid…
October 31, 2017
…because her results for “cultural items” were like those pictured here: Screenshots from Live Auctioneers website, https://www.liveauctioneers.com/ Screenshots from Live Auctioneers website, https://www.liveauctioneers.com/ Cultural Property News suggest that instead of…