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Met Museum Returns Buddhist Painting Taken During Korean War
It’s the latest in a series of high-profile repatriations for the New York institution.
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Decades After “Heartbreaking” Thefts, Santa Ana Pueblo Recovers Stolen Artifacts
The repatriation effort is significant not just for the amount of time that has elapsed, but also because it is completely organized and funded by the Pueblo itself.
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A Giant Vulva Is Walking the Streets of Europe
Dressed in flowing pink robes, artist and activist Dee Mulrooney — or “Growler” — is urging the British Museum to return a Síle na Giġ statue back to Ireland.
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A Looted Greco-Roman Statue Goes on Display Before Its Return
After a months-long legal battle, the sculpture is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art ahead of its repatriation to Turkey, with newly added context about its provenance.
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Antiquities Looted by Notorious Smuggling Ring Returned to Nepal
Works linked to the disgraced art dealer Subhash Kapoor are among the 20 objects seized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit.
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Art Institute of Chicago Returns Sacred Buddha Statue to Nepal
The sculpture was identified by the online heritage activist group Lost Arts of Nepal as matching one stolen from Kathmandu.
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Netherlands to Repatriate 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military.
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New Documentary Gives a Voice to Benin's Looted Treasures
Mati Diop's Dahomey centers on the repatriation of 26 stolen Beninese objects and how it could shape the African country’s future.
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Famous “Nefertiti Bust” Belongs in Egypt, Not Germany, Says Petition
An online letter asking for the repatriation of one of Ancient Egypt’s best-known sculptures has drawn nearly 10,000 signatures.
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NYC’s Rubin Museum Faces Repatriation Demands Ahead of Closure
The local activist group Our Ancestors Say No is calling for the return of Tibetan and Himalayan objects including a Buddhist Shrine Room set to be relocated to the Brooklyn Museum.
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14 Repatriated Yemeni Antiquities Relocated to The Met
The stone and bronze sculptures, recently returned to Yemen from a private collection, are on loan to the museum for research and safekeeping.
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Return of Rare Lizard Specimen to Jamaica Renews Repatriation Debates
The giant galliwasp Celeste’s long-awaited homecoming has stirred wider conversations about the recovery of cultural and natural heritage in the Caribbean.