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Cultural Repatriation

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Harvard Admits Owning Hair Samples of 700 Native American Students

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 13, 2022November 13, 2022

The university said it will return the samples, some of which were used in research that directly or indirectly supported scientific racism.

Posted inBooks

The Heist (or Repatriation) of the Century

by Eva Recinos April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

Portrait of a Thief imagines what would happen if some overly confident 20-somethings proved the life of museum objects isn’t as clear-cut as it seems.

Posted inOpinion

An Unlikely Pair Doing the Work of Repatriating Indian Heritage

Avatar photo by Anindya Sen February 20, 2022February 21, 2022

Recently, Art Recovery International and India Pride Project have collaborated to successfully recover and return priceless cultural objects stolen from India.

Posted inOpinion

Repatriation is a Start, but True Healing for Benin Requires More

Avatar photo by Ndubuisi Ezeluomba November 28, 2021November 24, 2021

Equity should be discussed in the form of European and American institutions partnering with the Benin government to create sustainable museums.

Posted inOpinion

Austria Should Repatriate the Mexica Headdress

Avatar photo by Kayla Johnson August 17, 2021August 17, 2021

The headdress in Austria is the only one of its kind and it’s not only a work of art, but a representation of the identity and landscape of Mexico that was stripped from the nation by colonial forces.

Posted inOpinion

The Louvre Shouldn’t Exhibit Trafficked Antiquities from Libya and Syria

Avatar photo by Farah Abdessamad July 25, 2021July 23, 2021

The museum forgets that it is already a violent graveyard of colonial-era cultural trophies removed from their homelands under dubious circumstances.

Posted inOpinion

How the Labels in the British Museum’s Africa Galleries Evade Responsibility

Avatar photo by Olivia McEwan June 29, 2021July 12, 2021

Despite the British Museum’s active participation in work towards restitution, the current display and captioning fail to be forthright or responsible.

Posted inOpinion

Stumbling Towards Repatriation

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Erin L. Thompson and Emiline Smith March 11, 2021February 7, 2023

We need to make it clear to our museums that we do not want to walk around in galleries of stolen artworks.

Posted inOpinion

The British Museum Isn’t Doing Enough to Fight Illegal Antiquities Trafficking

Avatar photo by Michael Press October 27, 2020November 5, 2020

While the museum presents its attempt to identify trafficked antiquities as an altruistic enterprise, its policing of the antiquities market also distracts from its historic role in acquiring looted objects.

Posted inArt

One Museum’s Complicated Attempt to Repatriate a “Benin Bronze”

Avatar photo by Laura Raicovich June 24, 2019August 30, 2019

The RISD Museum has held this Benin bronze head in its collection for 80 years. “No one would have given it up unless under duress,” the curators say. But tracing its provenance and repatriating it is no simple matter.

Posted inIn Brief

As Belgium Reopens Africa Museum, DR Congo Demands Restitution of Artifacts

Avatar photo by Zachary Small December 11, 2018

Belgium’s occupation of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the most brutal chapters of colonial history. Now, the African country is asking for its artifacts and artworks back from Europe.

Posted inArt

A French Report on Repatriating African Cultural Heritage Stirs the Pot

by Anahita Toodehfallah December 7, 2018December 11, 2018

Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr and French art historian Bénédicte Savoy were charged by the French president to develop a clear framework for the potential restitution of African art to several African nations.

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