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Rare 2,700-Year-Old Stone Carvings Discovered in Iraq

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu October 23, 2022October 24, 2022

The ancient slabs were found during the excavation of the Mashki Gate, partially destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2016.

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Three Artists Withdraw From Berlin Biennale Over “Commodification” of Iraqi Suffering

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu August 17, 2022August 18, 2022

“Our bodies are not that cheap,” said one Iraqi artist who signed an open letter to the biennale’s curators.

Posted inHistory

Blowback Explores the Messy History of US Interventionism

by Jake Cole July 10, 2022July 11, 2022

The well-researched podcast has done deep dives into US attempts at regime change in Iraq and Cuba, with its new season tackling the Korean War.

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British Geologist Who Took Pottery Shards From Iraqi Site Gets 15-Year Sentence 

by Sarah Rose Sharp June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

Jim Fitton was found guilty of smuggling antiquities after 12 small pottery shards were found in his luggage at a Baghdad airport.

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British Geologist Faces Death Penalty in Iraq on Smuggling Charges

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 13, 2022May 13, 2022

Jim Fitton has been in custody since March, when Iraqi officials found 12 small shards of pottery in his luggage.

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US Restitutes 17,000 Looted Artifacts to Iraq

by Hakim Bishara July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

“This is the largest return of antiquities to Iraq,” said Iraq’s culture minister Hassan Nazim.

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Michael Rakowitz Makes a Life Out of Fragments

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney April 11, 2021April 9, 2021

Rakowitz has installed at the Wellin a partial reconstruction of “Room H” within the Northwest Palace of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud.

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Michael Rakowitz’s Recreations of Art Taken From Iraq

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel February 12, 2021February 15, 2021

Hyperallergic has the exclusive premiere of Art21’s Haunting the West, a short film about Rakowitz’s artistic efforts to end the marginalization of West Asian art and history.

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Artist Edmund de Waal Donates 2,000 Books to Iraqi Library Decimated by ISIS

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 26, 2021June 3, 2021

The artist donated his “library of exile” to the Mosul University Library, once one of the largest libraries in West Asia, housing over a million books and rare historical materials before it was destroyed.

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1,500-year-old Archway Partially Collapses in Iraq, Prompting Urgent Calls for Help

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 18, 2021January 19, 2021

The director of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage said the Taq Kasra is in “dangerous and critical” condition and needs immediate support to prevent further collapse.

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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.

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Iraqi Performance Artists Use Silence as a Gesture of Dissent

by Cleo Abramian November 22, 2019November 22, 2019

The Vienna-based group Iraqi Autumn draws attention to the international community’s silence regarding the outbreak of violence in Iraq over the past two months.

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