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Iraq Embassy list of items looted by ISIS from Mosul Museum
The Iraq Embassy in London has supplied the British Museum with a comprehensive list of items missing from the Mosul Museum as a result of looting by ISIS. The Embassy has asked that the artefacts described be included on the Emergency Red List. The ADA asks its...
Most Egyptian artefacts held abroad were exported legally, says former Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty
Egyptologist professor says it is in his country’s interests to leave them where they are Egypt’s former Antiquities Minister has said that retrieving Egyptian artefacts from abroad is not in Egypt’s interests, news sources from within the country report. Prof....
New find is UK’s earliest example of Iron Age gold
Exciting news that jewellery found in a Staffordshire field is the earliest example of Iron Age gold ever found in Britain. The Daily Telegraph reports that the collection, made up of four twisted metal neckbands, called torcs and a bracelet, was discovered by two...
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The problem with provenance and what we can do about it
TIMES HAVE CHANGED, BUT SO HAS THE ANTIQUITIES MARKET. ITS CRITICS NEED TO RECOGNISE THIS AND WORK WITH IT FOR A BETTER FUTURE By Joanna van der Lande The inclusion of the art trade in this debate is crucial, both to explain the complexities of dealing in often small...
Terrorism, Cultural Heritage and the Threat to Museums’ Public Missions
Collector Matthew Polk, a board member of the Committee For Cultural Policy and trustee of a number of museums, has written a detailed paper on how the war on terror has shifted cultural property policy from preservation to enforcement, with a number of unwarranted...
The art market’s triple whammy global challenge
The art market’s triple whammy global challenge
Perceived lack of regulation, the rise of art as an alternative asset class and Middle East conflict present a triple whammy for an unprepared art market, says Ivan Macquisten