"The Stern collection of Cycladica holds lessons for the way that we approach ancient material culture. Viewers of this display will have their perceptions of the Early Bronze Age Cyclades shaped by the objects presented to them. Viewers—and that includes visitors to the exhibition—trust that the curators who create displays of ancient material culture are presenting authentic ancient material."
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
The Stern Collection of Cycladicising Figures
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The Stern Collection of Cycladicising Figures
My review article on the Stern collection of Cycladicising figures currently on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has bee...
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Source: Sotheby's A marble head of Alexander the Great has been seized in New York (reported in " Judge Orders Return of Ancien...
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If international museums can no longer "own" antiquities either through purchase on the antiquities market or through partage , wh...
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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...