British College to Be Among the First to Return a Benin Bronze
Two of the university's first-ever Black students initiated the call for its return in 2015.
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Forms of Recognition: Shane Cotton at The Dowse
Riffing on Māori symbols, the painter-sculptor addresses the disruption of traditional culture by European settlers.
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U.S. Returns Thousands of Artifacts, Including Hobby Lobby’s Gilgamesh Tablet, to Iraq
Iraq's culture minister said it was the largest batch of repatriated objects the country had ever received.
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National Gallery of Australia Returns Artifacts Bought from Disgraced Dealer to India
The museum said it had divested of all works acquired through Subhash Kapoor.
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Sugimoto’s Hirshhorn Garden Redesign Is On, Rarely Seen van Gogh Alights in Japan, and More: Morning Links for July 19, 2021
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Brooklyn Museum Returns More Than 1,300 Artifacts to Costa Rica
The objects were formerly owned by the business mogul Minor C. Keith.
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Berlin Museum Board Approves Plan to Negotiate Return of Benin Bronzes
Objects could be repatriated to Nigeria "regardless of the circumstances" by which they were acquired.
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Belgium to Return Hundreds of Objects Obtained Illegally from Democratic Republic of Congo
The objects set to be given back represent a small fraction of the Royal Museum for Central Africa's collection.
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Germany Commits to Returning Benin Bronzes Starting in 2022
"We aim for substantial returns," German culture minister Monika Grütters said.
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Looted Artifacts Worth $1.8 M. Returned to Afghanistan
The repatriated objects were recovered following an investigation by the D.A.'s antiquities trafficking unit into dealer Subhash Kapoor.
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Untuckit Marks 10th Anniversary, Plans for Further Growth
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NWSL Taps Marla Messing as Interim CEO Amid Abuse Scandal
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