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- The Carlos Museum: Time to Reflect?
- Returns to Greece from Michael C. Carlos Museum
- Silver Pyxis Lid Returned from VMFA
- Gnathian Askos Returned from Virginia MFA
- Virginia MFA Returns Antiquities
- Bubon Bronzes Returning to Türkiye
- The Parthenon Sculptures and the political arena
- The Wild Goat Plate Fragment and Francavilla Marittima
- The Michael C. Carlos Museum and the Becchina Archive
- Paul Barford’s Portable Antiquities and Heritage Issues
- Yet Another Rusty Helmet Just Surfaces on the Antiquities Market
- Unesco verifies damage to 43 cultural heritage sites in Gaza
- Another Getty Trophy Piece Goes Back to Turkey. Museum-Speak Translation
- Ram Raid at Antiquities Auction House
- Oh, I see
- Public Archaeology: Whether to laugh or Cry
- Another one, "Eyes to See" = "Looks Like"
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- Crimean Site Damaged by Occupant in Infrastructure Works
- Derek Fincham’s Illicit Cultural Property
- Alleged Bubon Smuggling Network Widens
- Marlowe on the Real Issue with the Glyptotek Head
- 27 Objects Seized From the Met
- Smash and Smash at the Dallas Museum of Art
- Elizabeth Marlowe’s Review of ‘The Brutish Museum’
- The Terrific Pandora Papers Looted Art Article
- Italian Senate renews call for return of the ‘Bronze Statue of a Victorious Youth’
- Psychics, Bowie knives, fake Alamo artifacts: New Book out today on how Texas can’t shake the Alamo
- Online Symposium on the Benin Bronzes Friday Apr. 9
- University of Aberdeen will repatriate a Benin bronze to Nigeria
- Conflict Antiquities
- Russia was ‘doomed to expand [its] aggression’ against Ukraine: Cultural property criminals’ responses to the invasion and occupation of the Donbas since 20th February 2014
- propagandist fighter Maxim Fomin and the supply of metal detectors by artefact hunters for mine clearing by Russia’s forces in Ukraine
- Destructive Exploitation and care of Cultural Objects and Professional/Public Education for sustainable heritage management (DECOPE)
- a very low estimate of metal-detecting in the United Kingdom, according to the Portable Antiquities Scheme
- loot and forgeries from Eastern Europe on the market in Western Europe, regardless of Russia’s war on Ukraine
- artefact-hunting in drug plantations and by cannabis-cultivators in Ukraine (around 2014)
- attitudes to personal and public health precautions among artefact-hunters amid the Covid-19 pandemic
- human rights worker and anti-imperialist fighter Maksym Butkevych has been captured by Russia’s invading forces
- Russia’s destruction of Ukraine’s cultural property is proof of its intent to commit genocide.
- Russia is subjecting cultural heritage workers and other civilians to the war crime of forced military labour.
- The Association for Research into Crimes against Art
- Georgia's Prosecutor Pursues Criminal Charges Against Four Nationals in Book Theft Investigation
- When a money launderer's art collection comes up for auction
- Christ Church Picture Gallery painting by Baroque painter Salvator Rosa recovered in Romania
- Spain's antiquities dealer arrest and the importance of facts-based reporting
- Arrest made in Spain on Egyptian antiquities smuggling case.
- Stolen Saint: Ukraine Authorities Retrieve the Holy Warrior Bas-Relief of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki from an Online Auction
- Judgment entered in favor of Plaintiff (Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc). against Defendant (Dirk D. Obbink)
- 18 May 2024 - 2024 New Zealand Art Crime Symposium - Art Crime Research Today
- Girolamini Library Theft - Convictions and acquittals in the network of every bookworm's antichrist
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Marks 34th Anniversary of Infamous Art Theft
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The End of the Beginning: NGA Returns Kushan Buddha and Two Kapoor Objects
On Monday, the National Gallery of Australia returned three more antiquities to India in light of evidence – much of it first made public here – that they had been stolen from temples or archaeological sites, smuggled out of India … Continue reading
The Missing Link: Subhash Kapoor’s Suppliers in India Are (Finally) Getting Rolled Up
Update September 2016: Indian media report that a temple thief who worked for Deena Dayalan has been accused of murdering a fellow thief after a dispute over 13 idols they took from a temple in 2005. In a series of … Continue reading
Ball State’s Kapoor Return Reveals New False Provenance
On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents recovered a Chola period bronze from Ball State University’s Owsley Museum, marking yet another trail in the path of stolen Indian artifacts sold by dealer Subhash Kapoor. In April 2005, the Indiana museum bought the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ball State University, India, Leo Figiel, Subhash Kapoor, Vijay Kumar
Shiva Goes Home: Australia’s Prime Minister Returns Looted Kapoor Idols to India
On Friday, Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott will return two looted idols seized from Australian museums during a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Abbott will personally deliver the National Gallery of Australia‘s $5 million Dancing … Continue reading
UPDATED > Singapore Sling: The Asian Civilizations Museum Paid Kapoor More Than $1 million
UPDATE 6/15/15: The Asian Civilizations Museum has agreed to return its looted sculture of Uma, according to Indian press reports. Twenty eight additional Kapoor objects at the museum remain under review. UPDATE 3/20/15: The Asian Civilizations Museum has filed a lawsuit against … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian Civilizations Museum, Gauri Krishnan, Selina Mohamed, Singapore, Subhash Kapoor, Vijay Kumar
UPDATED > Trouble in Toledo: Feds Investigate Stolen Ganesh, Other Objects from Kapoor at Toledo Museum
Let the Lotus Feet of Lord Ganesha, from whom scriptures sprout, confer on us unmixed blessings. Like thunderbolts, let them shatter away hurdles that are heaped like mountains. ─ Prayers to Ganesha UPDATE 10/2/14: The Toledo Museum announced it would … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Kennedy, Carolyn Putney, Ganesh, Selina Mohamed, Subhash Kapoor, Tamil Nadu, Toledo Museum
Unprecedented: Australia’s National Gallery Sues Kapoor Over $5 Million Stolen Shiva
UPDATE 2/15: The Hindu has revealed new evidence that the Shiva was stolen — a photograph of the bronze taken in situ some 30 years ago. Tamil Nadu police have confirmed the match, reports A. Srivathsan. Vijay Kumar has demonstrated previously … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Freedman, Art of the Past, National Gallery of Australia, Ron Radford, Shiva, Subhash Kapoor
False Provenance: Indictment of Kapoor’s Girlfriend Reveals Fake Ownership Histories
UPDATE 3/13/15: Selina Mohamed pled guilty in December 2013 to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge as part of a plea agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, reports Rick St. Hilaire. She was sentenced on March 12, 2015 to conditional discharge. … Continue reading
UPDATED: Guilty Plea: Kapoor’s Gallery Manager Cops to Six Criminal Counts
UPDATE: The National Gallery of Australia announced Thursday that it is seeking to return its stolen Shiva, purchased from Kapoor in 2008 for $5 million, and will pursue a lawsuit against Kapoor. See below for details. The manager of Subhash … Continue reading
Untold Millions: The National Gallery of Australia Won’t Say What They Paid Kapoor, So We Will – At least $8.5M
The National Gallery of Australia has refused to tell Australia’s Senate how much it paid (with public money, in some cases) for the 21 objects it acquired from New York antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor, who is now facing criminal trial in … Continue reading
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