Storied Dealer Richard L. Feigen Has Died, Antiquities Donated to Cambodia, and More: Morning Links from February 1, 2021
Here's what we're reading this morning.
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French National Assembly Rules That Landmark Repatriation of African Artifacts Must Go On
Some senators said that a "better scientific framework" was needed to return the artifacts.
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France Will Return Objects to Benin and Senegal Within a Year
The French senate voted unanimously to return 26 statues to Benin and a sword to Senegal.
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New California Bill Could Expand State’s Indigenous Repatriation Laws
The bill would enable tribes that are not federally recognized to request the return of sacred objects from California cultural institutions.
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Outgoing Leader of Paris’s Musée du Quai Branly: Report Urging Repatriation of African Objects Is ‘Self-Flagellation’
Stéphane Martin, who has led the museum for more than 20 years, will depart his post later this month.
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France Says It Will Return 26 Artifacts to Benin By 2021, in Major Move on Repatriation
French law could keep the artifacts from leaving the country sooner.
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Inspired by Landmark Report on Restitution, Foundation Puts $15 M. Toward Initiative Bringing Cultural Objects Back to Africa
The initiative is being formed one year after the Savoy/Sarr report encouraged French museums to give work back to Africa.
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Better Safe Than Sorry: American Museums Take Measures Mindful of Repatriation of African Art
With controversy making headlines in Europe, institutions in the U.S. take preemptive steps to reconcile riches in their collections.
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Back to Where They Once Belonged: Proponents of Repatriation of African Artworks Take Issue with the Past—and Present and Future
Over the past few years, questions surrounding the return of objects to the continent have evolved beyond whether it will happen to how.
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RobbReport
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WWD
EXCLUSIVE: Sydney Sweeney Is the Face of Guess, in an Homage to Anna Nicole Smith
Rolling Stone
Greg Abbott Won’t Support Exception in Abortion Bill for Victims of Rape, Incest
Sportico
NCAA Motion Denied as Athletes’ Case Seeks Employee Status
SPY