Our Cultural Heritage

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Fading Elephant in the Room: Extinguishing the Market for “White Gold”

By Lukiana Pilyugin. The earth’s largest land mammals are irreplaceable, and so are their ivory tusks. The demand for ivory in international markets serves as...
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Treasures from the Middle Kingdom: China’s Hunt for Lost Antiquities

By Timothy Chung. In 2018, GQ magazine published a piece on Chinese state efforts to repatriate looted antiquities, starting off by examining a series of...
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Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Limits of International Cultural Property Law

By Kavita Oza In 2003, the Baghdad Museum suffered tremendous damage due to looting during the US-led invasion of Iraq. Years before, Afghanistan’s National Museum...
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Op-Ed: Art Historical Due Diligence To Resolve Cultural Heritage Disputes

By Sharon Hecker A plethora of recent high-profile sales have ended in equally high-profile legal fiascos and cultural heritage disputes due to inconsistent identification of...
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The Sarr-Savoy Report & Restituting Colonial Artifacts

By Clara Cassan. In 1885, The General Act that emerged from the Berlin conference read as follows: “The Signatory Powers exercising sovereign rights or authority...
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Art in the Courtroom: Dealing with New Deal-Era Murals – Part II

By Olivia Taylor At one of the TEFAF New York Coffee Talks on “Public Memory and Public Monuments: Where Do We Stand in 2018?”, Professor...
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WYWH: Tricking the Art Market – On Forgery, Beltracchi, and Scientific Technology

By Musetta Durkee Forgeries [i] have tricked the art world for decades. Sometimes a work appears that fills a gap in an artist’s catalogue or...
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Twice Looted, Twice Returned?

By Shlomit Heering Anyone familiar with art law cases today knows the importance of Nazi-era art claims and the restitution of artworks. However, while there...
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Australian Museums and Restitution: An Ongoing Revision

By Alexandra Taylor For the integrity of the memory it is good to have sound health and convenient digestion of the meats, and a mind...
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Germany’s Recent Efforts at Addressing a Historical “Blind Spot”

By Claire Dettelbach How are German museums, advocacy groups, and government agencies confronting the nation’s long-overlooked colonial past? On May 16, the president of the Prussian...
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Berkshire Stock: Much to do about Deaccessioning

By Jennie Nadel What is deaccessioning? The process of eliminating a piece of work from a museum’s permanent collection is known as deaccessioning. According to...
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Victorious Youth: Ownership dispute over the “Getty Bronze” continues

By Claire Dettelbach Who is the rightful owner of a statue which was cast by the Ancient Greeks, discovered by Italians in international waters, subject...
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