New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art appears to remain silent over the return of (some of the) fragments from the Dietrich von Bothmer collection to Italy.
How did a senior member of its curatorial staff acquire this material? Why has the Met failed to make a statement?
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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Another Bubon Head Returns to Türkiye
Source: Manhattan DA A bearded head from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (inv. 1971.51.2) has been returned to Türkiye [ press release ]. Th...
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The Fire of Hephaistos exhibition included "seven bronzes ... that have been linked to the Bubon cache of imperial statues" (p. 1...
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The recent public announcement that the Hellenic Ministry of Culture has requested the return of three antiquities from the Michael C. Carl...
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