SHOULD AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WITH REGARD TO LOOTED ARTEFACTS?  

We read with great interest an article by Tom L. Freudenheim, a former art museum director and former assistant secretary for  ...

DO AFRICAN SCULPTURES EVER DIE? COMMENTS ON THE EXHIBITION “ODE AU GRAND ART AFRICAIN : LES STATUES MEURENT AUSSI”, PARIS

During a recent visit to Paris, I was struck by a notice which announced an exhibition as “Ode au grand art africain: Les  ...

This is a question that may surprise many and indeed many may consider it wiser to leave unanswered rather than hazard untenable answers.  Michael Kaput has some views on this issue which he expresses in an article entitled, “Whose  ...

DEMOCRATIZATION THROUGH VANDALISM: NEW ANSWER TO DEMANDS FOR RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL ARTEFACTS?

“You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are the supreme symbol of nobility. They  ...

“The problem of the repatriation of cultural heritage to its country of origin is an old one, based on a 19th century doctrine enshrined in the Treaty of Vienna that scientific and artistic collections cannot be expatriated because they are destined  ...

ILE-IFE TRIUMPHS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON: WHO SAID NIGERIANS WERE INCAPABLE OF LOOKING AFTER THEIR CULTURAL ARTEFACTS?“A glorious display of Ife sculpture has arrived at the British Museum. Nobody — and I mean nobody — in Britain should miss  ...

Work of art looted during colonialism should be returned to Cameroon – Wide alliance within civil society demands Bavaria return the looted ship’s ornament – the Tangué

Berlin, 23 February 2010. The campaign alliance “125th Anniversary of the  ...

Egyptian season of artefacts returns - Hopeful sign to be followed by others?

'' There is a moral imperative for museums around the world to return certain artefacts to the countries they came from, and we are going to identify how we can  ...