Parthenon Sculptures (AKA Elgin Marbles) plus other cultural property disputes, museums, art law, archaeology, architecture & Greece https://xitter.cf/t.co/MlbZnbqwAT
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Built in 420BC, the Tetrastyle (4 columned) Ionic Temple of Athena Nike, jointly dedicated to these two goddesses is one of the most prominent as you ascend the Athenian Acropolis.
#athenanike #Acropolis #Athens #Greece #ionicarchitecture #greekarchitecture – at Slough, South East
A reminder that Elginism is also on Bluesky (and probably posting more frequently there at the moment, unless anyone can point me to a reliable cross posting tool).
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A great event next week in #London @V_and_A: last year's return from @NtlMuseumsScot came from a UK national, was couched as 'nation-to-nation' (Scotland ➡️ Nisga'a) and was the LARGEST object ever repatriated from a UK #museum. 😯 @lou_neel @arthistorynews @edvaizey @DerilloEyob
I'm excited to share that, on Wednesday 17 July, @johngiblin and @YvonneBrownle18 will be at the @V_and_A to talk about the Rematriation of the House of Ni'isjoohl Memorial Pole from National Museums Scotland to the Nisga'a Nation.
Please click the link below to register for this in-person event at the V&A:
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More a case of child abduction than a custody battle, I would say
‘Like a child in a messy divorce’: Mary Beard and David Olusoga tackle Parthenon Marbles debate in British Museum panel: theartnewspaper.com/2024/07/…
This guy's song is about protesters at the University of Melbourne - but the exact same argument is often trotted out as an excuse for not returning artefacts to their countries of origin.
You can do more than one good thing in a row.
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Keir Starmer this morning laid out his vision for the cultural sector under a Labour government, pledging to transform arts access and education across the country and ensure that “creative skills won’t be treated as a luxury, but as a necessity”. theartnewspaper.com/2024/03/…
The appointment of a new UK culture secretary and the return of a resolute campaigner to the House of Commons bode well for a renewed and enlightened discussion over the fate of the Elgin Marbles.
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Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS.
ALT Lisa Nandy MP appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
“People think the best story is the story people haven’t heard of. It’s not. The best story is the story people think they know – and you lift the lid and show them something else.”
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1/ Now this is very exciting. A new (to me) photo of Ethiopia's Prince Alemayehu has emerged on eBay.
Can anyone help work out when it was taken? Is there a clue in the hat? The listing - ebay.com/itm/305619733042 - calls it a "Kofia" hat. But that doesn't seem quite right ...
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JUST IN - Lots of new listings of Ethiopian loot on theprinceandtheplunder.com/
Check the right hand column. An * means possible/suspected plunder.
“What we look for in museums is that they should be ahead of us, not behind us, when it comes to … humankind & its meaning & stories, including the story of what the museum means. [Museums] reveal so much about us.” @stephenfry on the Parthenon Marbles
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On Lord Elgin's right to take the Parthenon Marbles:
"Historians have for years searched the Ottoman archives and have not been able to find a 'firman' proving that the sale was legal, as it is being claimed."
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Parthenon Sculptures Return Gains Momentum as Labour Leader Voices Support greekcitytimes.com/2024/06/1…
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“The band’s latest act of defiance comes on the same day that they released their debut album ‘Fine Art’.”
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The PARTHENON MARBLES
Where are they now?
@ABCaustralia @abciview @MarcFennell takes us on a journey to understand where they are and where they belong.
#athens #greece #acropolismuseum #uniteparthenon
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BIG: Italy’s Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate has seized archaeological objects from trafficker Gianfranco Becchina as investigators probe his ties to caput capo Matteo Messina Denaro, both from Castelvetrano Sicily.
Sequestrati beni artistici e archeologici a Becchina, trafficante di opere considerato vicino a Matteo Messina Denaro - Il Fatto Quotidiano ilfattoquotidiano.it/2024/06…
Berlin’s Altes Museum has returned 25 antiquities believed to have been illegally excavated and smuggled out of Italy.
As a gesture of gratitude for the voluntary restitution, Italy is responding with a long-term loan of two artefacts to Germany.
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Brilliant documentary by Sophia Munder-Führing on the systematic looting of Jewish property in Hamburg and efforts to locate stolen items sold at auction.
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Today I had the honour of meeting with His Holiness, @Pontifex.
I thanked His Holiness for taking up the work of Reconciliation, and I advocated for the next step — returning cultural artefacts from the Vatican to Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
ALT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with His Holiness, Pope Francis, while meeting at the 2024 G7 Summit in Fasano, Italy.