#ReturntheGods

Reminder: we need a more pragmatic, realistic approach to museum ownership and collection retention. We cannot and should not hold onto everything in our museums, particularly when the original owners are ready and able to take ownership of their own heritage #repatriation #returnthegods #loot

Relooted: The African Game Turning Artifact Repatriation Into a Bold Heist As demands for the repatriation of African artifacts rise, a video game is offering a stage of digital heists to retrieve stolen treasures

This certainly looks epic (I wish it was true 😍) #Relooted #ReturntheGods #videogame #repatriation #Africangameindustry @nyamakop.co.za - culturecustodian.com/relooted-the...

Repatriation for reconciliation

Thanks for covering this NT & for the quote. The art market needs to know that there is no excuse to auction off invaluable and inalienable Nepali cultural objects like this stunning Pratap Malla necklace #returnthegods #NepaliTimes #nepaliheritage #repatriation - nepalitimes.com/news/repatri...

Happy to report that the auction house withdrew this lot during the auction due to "problems with the origin" as per the auctioneer #tobecontinued #returnthegods

In about 1 hour, Auction House Loeckx will be selling off this beautiful necklace, similar to the stolen Taleju necklace at the Art Institute of Chicago. This auction has alllll the unethical and illicit lots - ancestors, weapons, deities #stopsellinglootedheritage #returnthegods #noprovenancenosale

The striking icon of this conference is of course the Taleju necklace, held captive by the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social and still not repatriated after years of requests from Nepal #returnthegods #lootedheritage

Honoured and very excited to speak at this important conference by the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign next week in Kathmandu - see you there? #returnthegods #lootedheritage #Nepal @artcrimeprof.bsky.social @helenaarose.bsky.social
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Scholarly Facilitation of the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Providing a Veneer of Legitimacy | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core Scholarly Facilitation of the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Providing a Veneer of Legitimacy

Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social‬ @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

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Asian art dealer on #provenance at #TEFAF today: "I don't put all of it in the catalogue because it's not that interesting." 😬
Good to be back for another round of #Maastricht most prominent art fair, incl a €50 million Picasso & some very interesting Asian cultural objects... #returnthegods

Netherlands to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria At the request of Nigeria, the Netherlands is returning 113 Benin Bronzes from the Dutch State Collection. This decision was taken by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science Eppo Bruins. In 189...

Minister Bruins: “This restitution contributes to redressing a historical injustice that is still being felt today. Cultural heritage is essential for telling and living the history of a country and a community.” #returnthegods #Beninbronzes #repatriation
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After their groundbreaking Lalitpur Declaration last year, the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign is bringing together experts to discuss the recovery and return of cultural heritage this June #returnthegods #Nepaliheritage #stolengods #repatriation - see you there?

Edinburgh you're so cold but so pretty. Thank you @uoe-sps.bsky.social for hosting me as part of the CSAS seminar series #workinglunch #SouthAsia #illicittrade #wildlifetrafficking #returnthegods