Nine other repatriated works were seized from Met Trustee Shelby White, whose collection was subject to a criminal investigation.
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Who Will Decide on the Future of a Miami Native Burial Ground?
Native activists say sacred remains and objects dug up from a Brickell construction site should remain there, but mega-developer Jorge Pérez is pushing back.
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Smithsonian to House Repatriated Yemeni Artifacts
The National Museum of Asian Art will temporarily store the 77 cultural relics as looting and destruction of antiquities continues in the war-torn country.
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Harmful Pesticides in Museum Collections Complicate Repatriation Efforts
Tribes and museums are grappling with the dilemma of sacred Indigenous objects and remains contaminated by toxic pesticides and preservatives.
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Sacred Nuxalk Nation Totem Pole Finally Repatriated
The object was in the collection of the Royal British Columbia Museum for over a century.
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At Last, Colombia Demands the Return of Its San Agustín Statues
After decades of inaction, the Colombian government is demanding the repatriation of the ancient sculptures, currently held at a Berlin museum.
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Harvard Admits Owning Hair Samples of 700 Native American Students
The university said it will return the samples, some of which were used in research that directly or indirectly supported scientific racism.
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New Online Database Tracks the Whereabouts of the Benin Bronzes
Digital Benin contains data from about 5,246 objects scattered across 131 institutions in 20 countries.
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Sorry, But This Is Not “Repatriation”
The Met’s deal with the Greek government to “repatriate” billionaire Leonard Stern’s Cycladic art collection is not what it seems.
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Disgraced Art Dealer Subhash Kapoor Hit With 10-Year Prison Sentence
Kapoor led a smuggling ring charged with trafficking over 2,600 individual objects worth over $143 million.
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UK’s New PM Says No to Returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece
But Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who says the UK is “cornered,” plans to insist on the marbles’ return during a visit this year.
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John Oliver Roasts Museums in Episode on Looted Art
The episode focused on Western museums’ hesitant repatriation efforts and auction houses’ questionable consignment practices.