Auctioneer Withdraws Looted Maqdala Artifact From Sale After Ethiopian Official Restitution Request
The head of Ethiopia's Heritage Authority had asked the UK auction house to cancel the sale and return the item.
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Ethiopia Calls for Return of Looted Maqdala Artifact Headed to Sale in the UK
The artifact was taken during the 1860s by British troops.
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Authorities Argue Egon Schiele at Art Institute of Chicago Was Nazi Loot
In November, a federal court denied a claim to restitute the work.
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Mexico’s Splashy ‘My Heritage Is Not for Sale’ Campaign Hides a More Troubling Reality for Conservationists
The Mexican government sees its campaign as an unmitigated success. Archaeologists? Not so much.
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Nigeria’s New Museum of West African Art Calls Into Question the Future of Encyclopedic Museums
The museum is set to open this fall in a sprawling 15-acre complex in Benin City.
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University Museums May Be the Best Repository for Private Antiquities Collections Lacking Provenance
Is there any way to ensure the care of privately-held antiquities without normalizing poorly provenanced, potentially looted artifacts? Elizabeth Marlowe, a professor at Colgate University, has an…
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Online Activists Are Driving the Fight to Get Stolen Artifacts Repatriated to Nepal
"It's not just an art object that is lost, they have stolen our faith," the founder of Lost Arts of Nepal said.
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Looting, Plundering, and More: 20 Cultural Treasures that Have Faced Claims of Theft
From ancient Egyptian artifacts to a modernist masterpiece, these works have been subject to disputes.
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The ‘Art Crime Professor’ on the Rise in Private Sector Action on Repatriation, and the Line Between Activism and Academia
Thompson is a prolific commentator on repatraition and restitution.
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Restitution, Repatriation Efforts See Halting Progress Across Europe and the US, amid Shifts in Public Opinion
"It's as if we've changed eras," one expert told ARTnews recently. "It's as though the Berlin Wall has fallen."
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