Author: Culture Crime News

Museums News Social Issues 

Campaigners protest against BP sponsorship of British Museum

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 Culture Crime News

(United Kingdom)

The Guardian, 16th Feb 2019.

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News War, Looting and Repatriation 

Germany Is Returning Artifacts Stolen From a Namibian Freedom Fighter During Its Colonial Rule

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 Culture Crime News

(Namibia; Germany)

ArtNet News, 15th Feb 2019.

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Germany still has a problematic approach towards Nazi-era art restitution

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 Culture Crime News

(Germany)

The Globe and Mail, 15th Feb 2019.

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Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities War, Looting and Repatriation 

Many calls but little action to stop cultural destruction in Yemen

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 Culture Crime News

(Yemen)

Al Monitor, 15th Feb 2019.

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Crime & Theft News 

‘Offensive’ painting of Māori hero taken from gallery

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 Culture Crime News

(New Zealand)

Stuff.co.nz, 17th Feb 2019.

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Featured War, Looting and Repatriation 

Returning looted artifacts will finally restore heritage to the brilliant cultures that made them

February 4, 2019February 21, 2019 Culture Crime News

European museums are under mounting pressure to return the irreplaceable artifacts plundered during colonial times. As an archeologist who works

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News War, Looting and Repatriation 

British museums to relabel colonial treasures

February 4, 2019February 21, 2019 Culture Crime News

(United Kingdom; India)

The Telegraph`, 23rd Jan 2019.

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Crime & Theft News 

Historic Effigy Stolen, Whacked on Head, Left in Snow for Weeks

January 21, 2019February 11, 2019 Culture Crime News

A historic statue, stolen from a Lheidli T’enneh church, is now safe and sound.  The statue, which lived in the

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Crime & Theft Fine Art 

Art detective urges British council to hand back Renoir masterpiece to family of Jewish original owners who were ‘forced to sell it in Nazi Germany’

January 21, 2019January 23, 2019 Culture Crime News

(United Kingdom)

The Daily Mail, 16th Jan 2019.

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Museums News War, Looting and Repatriation 

Will they be returned? National Museum of Scotland to reach decision on return of Beothuk remains to Newfoundland

January 21, 2019January 23, 2019 Culture Crime News

(United Kingdom; Canada)

The Herald, 20th Jan 2019.

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