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DRC-born Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza arrives for the verdict at the Paris Palace of Justice, October 14, 2020; he was fined 2,000 euros ($2,320) for trying to take a 19th-century African funeral pole from a Paris museum [Lewis Joly/AP] Since July 2020 Mwazulu Diyabanza has staged protests in museums in and around France in an attempt to draw attention to the country’s colonial loot. In his latest demonstration, he attempted to seize an Indonesian artefact from the Louvre.  Armed with video evidence where he clearly states that his intention is not to steal the objects, Diya...

The Art Newspaper that Diyabanza was convicted of “attempted theft”. In a post on his Instagram page, Diyabanza says that “the state has sentenced me [and made me] pay €5,000 for tarnishing its image… in the name of ethics, any thinking person knows that these museums do not deserve respect or consideration.” At the time of writing, the Louvre could not be reached for comment. After the incident, a Louvre spokeswoman said: “The target was a 'swimming sculpture' (Guardian Spirit Figure) from the end of the 18th century, from the island of Flores (eastern Indonesia). The Musée ...