December 31, 2023
Cycladic idol seized by NY District Attorney and sent to Greece. In December 2023, a highly publicized return of 30 antiquities to the government of Greece included an antiquity with…
November 1, 2023
…Historic Cemeteries; Erasing the Dead Past, Cultural Property News, August 31, 2023 Brigitta Hauser-Schaüblin, Benin Bronzes: Why are the Victims of Slavery Hushed Up?, Cultural Property News, September 1, 2023…
March 5, 2024
…September 17, 2023. Kate Fitz Gibbon for The Committee for Cultural Policy and Global Heritage Alliance, SPECIAL REPORT: 2023 CHINA MOU – Building China’s Art Monopoly and Destroying Minority Culture…
September 5, 2023
…to American museums, coming soon. The Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) will meet in virtual “open session” for one hour on September 19, 2023 to hear public testimony on…
September 2, 2023
…both its government’s interest in promoting Jewish tourism to Egypt and its marked reluctance to commit to a more significant commitment to allow researchers and scholars access to the Jewish…
March 30, 2024
…and appraisal of looted items, assigning them market-based commercial value. He noted that international dealers typically do not have direct contacts with the local looting communities. Historically, he said, until…
April 30, 2024
…Higgs went into the strongroom between 2014 and 2023 and Higgs has accepted that he was sometimes alone there, browsing. In its Complaint, the museum seeks access to data on…
September 7, 2023
…said to be one only left in the country today. Yemenite Jews, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemenite_Jews [2] 19 U.S.C. 2602. [3] See also https://twitter.com/CombatLooting/status/1697265055060918380 and a post from the Yemen Embassy https://twitter.com/YemenEmbassy_DC/status/1697340568144134215…
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…
February 19, 2020
By OnTungC, https://www.instagram.com/ontungc/ All Hong Kong museums, music and performance venues were ordered closed until March in order to discourage crowded gatherings as a result of coronavirus concerns. However, before…