The Director of Florida's Museum of Fine Arts Resigns
Disruption continues at Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, with the resignation of executive director and CEO Anne-Marie Russell.
Source: artnet.com
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A Florida Museum Has Fired a Senior Curator for Organizing a Show of Possibly Looted Greek Antiquities
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, fired curator Michael Bennett once the Denver Art Museum cancelled plans to host Greek antiquities show
Source: artnet.com
The Manhattan D.A. Seized a $20 Million Statue of Marcus Aurelius From the Cleveland Museum of Art, Continuing a Spree of Raids Seeking Looted Turkish Art
The Manhattan D.A. seized a looted Turkish sculpture of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius worth $20 million from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Source: artnet.com
Three Antiquities Traffickers and Their Fall From Grace
Amid a spate of high-profile repatriations of looted cultural objects, we took a closer look at some of the most infamous players in the illicit market.
Source: hyperallergic.com
The Met's antiquities collection comes under scrutiny
Plus: Bordeaux town hall set on fire in French pension protests, Hispanic Society staff to strike indefinitely, and the rest of the week’s top stories
Source: apollo-magazine.com
Hundreds of looted and trafficked artifacts displayed in American museum
American museum is proudly displaying hundreds of artifacts, which were looted or stolen from a number of countries including India, Nepal, Turkey, Iraq,
Source: weeklyblitz.net
A New Report Has Linked More Than 1,000 Antiquities in the Met Museum's Collection to Traffickers
The ICIJ found that over 1,000 artifacts in the Met Museum are linked to dealers accused or convicted of selling looting antiquities.
Source: artnet.com
Over 1,000 objects in the Met's collection are linked to alleged looters; Report
A new report revealed that the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York comprises more than 1,000 objects which have alleged links to looters.
Source: republicworld.com
'The stuff was illegally dug up': New York's Met Museum sees reputation erode over collection practices | Museums
An investigation identified hundreds of artifacts linked to indicted or convicted traffickers. What does this mean for the future of museums?
Source: theguardian.com