We believe very strongly that all of this is borrowed ... You borrow it for life and in return for having the pleasure of looking at it, you have the responsibility of taking care of it and finding out as much as you can about it. And then it goes on to somebody else.It looks as if the Italian authorities have found some information on some of the pieces - and that is why they are moving on to a new home.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Wednesday 30 January 2008
Leon Levy on Collecting
Leon Levy commented on his collection when it was displayed as the "Glories of the Past" exhibition (Rita Reif, "Two Passionate Collectors Share Their Love of History", New York Times, September 23, 1990):
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Another Bubon bronze head likely to be repatriated
It appears that a bronze head acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum from Nicolas Koutoulakis has been removed from display and appears to be...
-
Source: Sotheby's A marble head of Alexander the Great has been seized in New York (reported in " Judge Orders Return of Ancien...
-
Cup seized from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art The New York Times has run a discussion of one of the Attic red-figured cups seize...
-
The Fire of Hephaistos exhibition included "seven bronzes ... that have been linked to the Bubon cache of imperial statues" (p. 1...
No comments:
Post a Comment