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‘The stuff was illegally dug up’: New York’s Met Museum sees reputation erode over collection practices

The Observer 20 Mar 2023
In the antiquities trade, the Met’s reputation has also begun to erode ... He had approved the purchase of a large batch of Indian and Cambodian antiquities that he suspected had been smuggled, and hid diary entries detailing his misgivings about the origins of a stolen Greek ceramic work.
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Upcoming Christie’s Sale Includes a Nepalese Sculpture Tied to Antiquity Looters

New York Observer 20 Mar 2023
A rare Buddha sculpture from Nepal connected to antiquity looting is set to be auctioned by Christie’s later this week ... purchased from Wolff, while in 2021 the National Gallery of Australia announced plans to repatriate a looted Indian sculpture acquired by the art dealer.
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Nepal Wants a Sacred Necklace Returned. But a Major Museum Still Keeps It on Display.

ProPublica 20 Mar 2023
Though collecting ethics have evolved to acknowledge the prevalence of antiquities trafficking, critics say the standards don’t go far enough ... Although he was never charged criminally, Miller was described in a 2014 Indian court case as having worked with an alleged antiquities smuggler in India in 1992.
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Express View on IE-ICIJ investigation of Indian antiquities in US museums

Indian Express 16 Mar 2023
The government has signed agreements with museums in the UK, US and Australia to repatriate Indian antiquities ... It's well known that an overwhelming majority of heritage items have found their way into foreign museums through illicit antique trading networks ... of antiquities\u201d.
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Saraswati painting from J&K: Found in US — still sitting there for 6 years

Financial Express 15 Mar 2023
NOTHING BETTER illustrates the challenges faced by India in its quest to recover antiquities stolen and smuggled abroad than the wall it has hit to get a J&K painting back from the United States for over six years, records reviewed by The Indian Express under the Right to Information (RTI) Act reveal.
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An untold Kashmir story: Artefacts not traced, FIRs gathering dust

Financial Express 15 Mar 2023
The Indian Express x ICIJ investigation on lost antiquities in a nutshell. \ud83d\udd0e The Indian Express' Shyamlal Yadav looked at the catalogues of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts (Met) in New York and found that at least 77 of its oldest antiquities and 59 paintings are somehow linked to infamous art smuggler Shubhash Kapoor.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Owns 77 Works Linked to Trafficker Subhash Kapoor

New York Observer 15 Mar 2023
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art currently possesses 77 Indian paintings and sculptures which can be traced back to antiquity trafficker Subhash Kapoor, according to a joint investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,the Indian Express newspaper and U.K.-based journalism project Finance Uncovered.
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Saraswati painting from J&K: Found in US \u2014 still sitting there for 6 years

Indian Express 14 Mar 2023
NOTHING BETTER illustrates the challenges faced by India in its quest to recover antiquities stolen and smuggled abroad than the wall it has hit to get a J&K painting back from the United States for over six years, records reviewed by The Indian Express under the Right to Information (RTI) Act reveal.
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486 ASI antiquities missing since 1947: why numbers don\u2019t capture the story

Indian Express 14 Mar 2023
... court in New York that it had seized 2,622 antiquities valued at over $143 million (nearly Rs 1,165 crore), mainly from Asia, with links to just one man alone \u2014 Subhash Kapoor, the Indian antiquities smuggler who is serving a 10-year prison term in Tamil Nadu for idol theft.
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UPSC Key- March 14, 2023: Know about Antiquity, Oscar Awards, and Vertical and Horizontal Reservation

Indian Express 14 Mar 2023
... property\u201d? \u2022 What do Indian laws say? \u2022 What is \u2018provenance\u2019 of an antiquity? \u2022 How is ownership proved? \u2022 How to check for fake antiquities? \u2022 Can India bring back antiquities? Other Important Articles Covering the same topic.
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Daily Briefing: Investigating India's missing artefacts; stormy scenes in Parliament over Rahul Gandhi's speech

Indian Express 14 Mar 2023
Good morning,\u00a0 Express Investigation An investigation by The Indian Express has found that at least 77 antiquities spanning centuries at New York's Met have links to Subhash Kapoor, who is serving a 10-year prison term in India for smuggling antiquities ... The Indian Express.
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Time Machine: Iowa’s first Carnegie library

The Gazette Cedar Rapids 14 Mar 2023
Shaffer’s natural history collection of 684 mounted bird and animal specimens; acquisitions of Native Indian curios from W.W. Junkin; a collection of Roman antiquities and relics from Italy and Switzerland from Major S.H ... Indian Hills classes use the second floor, and the museum fills the building’s top and lower floors.
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Oscars 2023: RRR's Naatu Naatu live performance gets standing ovation, Deepika Padukone introduces | VIDEO

India TV 13 Mar 2023
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