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Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities News 

The Kushan Buddhas: Nancy Wiener, Douglas Latchford and New Questions about Ancient Buddhas

February 9, 2015April 10, 2017 Chelsea Levine 1 Comment antiquities, art loss register, asia society, authentication, cambodia, collecting, crime, history, looted antiquities, looting, media, Metropolitan Museum, ownership, press, provenance
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A Modigliani? Who Says So?

February 6, 2014April 10, 2017 Elizabeth Sirhall 0 Comments archives, authentication, bio, consulting, exhibitions, history, italy, museum of fine art, museums, New York, paris, picasso, provenance, survey, wildenstein
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Crime & Theft News Provenance 

Forging an Art Market in China

November 19, 2013April 10, 2017 Elizabeth Sirhall 0 Comments antiquities, authentication, bio, books, china, collecting, crime, economics, event, forgery, history, media, Metropolitan Museum, museums, New York, picasso, press, programs, provenance, students, theft, war
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What Is a Warhol? The Buried Evidence by Richard Dorment | The New York Review of Books

June 25, 2013April 10, 2017 Elizabeth Sirhall 2 Comments andy warhol, attack, authentication, books, delphi, documents, event, fees, future, history, icom, media, meetings, mission, museums, New York, press, provenance, war, warhol foundation, website
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Collectors, artists and lawyers

November 26, 2012April 10, 2017 Kelsey 0 Comments American, andy warhol, attack, authentication, china, economics, event, fees, forgery, france, New York, paris, press, war, warhol foundation
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In Art, Freedom of Expression Doesn’t Extend to ‘Is It Real?’

June 22, 2012April 10, 2017 Kelsey 0 Comments authentication, college art association, henri matisse, john elderfield, kirk varnedoe, museum of modern art, rodin, warhol foundation
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Fears grow that Greek art market is riddled with forgeries

March 21, 2012April 10, 2017 Kelsey 0 Comments athens, authentication, crime, event, forgery, greece, guidelines, provenance
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Banksy murals prove to be an attribution minefield

February 17, 2012 Kelsey 0 Comments authentication, banksy, liverpool, ownership, pest control, street art, vermin

Problems arise over issues of ownership, illegality of street art and the artist’s refusal to sign works

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Possible Forging of Modern Art Is Investigated

December 6, 2011 Kelsey 0 Comments andy warhol, authentication, forgery

Federal authorities are investigating whether a parade of paintings and drawings, sold for years by some of New York’s most elite art dealers as the work of Modernist masters like Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock, actually consists of expert forgeries, according to people who have been interviewed or briefed by the investigators.

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The problem with authenticating Warhol

November 15, 2011 Kelsey 0 Comments andy warhol, art auction, authentication

While some fear the negative effects of the closure of the vetting board, others say its role was not essential.

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COVID-19 and Museums

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

IME Blog

#RepresentationMatters
IME Blog 

#RepresentationMatters

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Devon Mancini 0

How the 92nd Annual Academy Awards reminded museum professionals about the importance of representation in the arts.
Written by Devon Mancini, MA Candidate in Museum Professions at Seton Hall University

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains
IME Blog 

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains

January 16, 2020February 6, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
IME Blog 

Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums

April 1, 2019January 2, 2020 Hannah Gaston 0
Lobbying and Museum Ethics:  A Surprisingly Good Marriage
IME Blog 

Lobbying and Museum Ethics: A Surprisingly Good Marriage

October 26, 2011October 10, 2019 Kelsey 0

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National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics

The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
Museums 

National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities 

‘A vast underwater museum’: Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments
Cultural Heritage Deaccession 

Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new ‘retain and explain’ board for controversial monuments

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
Museums 

Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director

May 14, 2021May 17, 2021 Museum Ethics
#RepresentationMatters
IME Blog 

#RepresentationMatters

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains
IME Blog 

Education Vs. Shock Value: Displaying Human Remains

January 16, 2020February 6, 2020 Devon Mancini 0
Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums
IME Blog 

Black Panther and the Ethics of Representation in Museums

April 1, 2019January 2, 2020 Hannah Gaston 0
Lobbying and Museum Ethics:  A Surprisingly Good Marriage
IME Blog 

Lobbying and Museum Ethics: A Surprisingly Good Marriage

October 26, 2011October 10, 2019 Kelsey 0
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