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Crime & Theft News 

Tracking Stolen Art, for Profit, and Blurring a Few Lines

September 24, 2013April 10, 2017 Elizabeth Sirhall 0 Comments art loss register, art theft, balkans, construction, crime, documents, event, fees, france, future, italy, media, Metropolitan Museum, monet, museum of modern art, museums, nazi, New York, new york city, paris, press, provenance, staff, stolen art, theft, welcome
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Museums News 

A Russian Museum Feud With Putin in the Middle

July 6, 2013April 10, 2017 Elizabeth Sirhall 0 Comments building, conference, germany, history, museum of fine art, museum of modern art, museums, nazi, picasso, war
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News War, Looting and Repatriation 

Museums Faulted on Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art

July 1, 2013April 10, 2017 Elizabeth Sirhall 0 Comments American, berlin, boston, conference, germany, guggenheim, guidelines, history, holocaust, italy, looted art, looting, media, mission, museum of fine art, museum of modern art, museums, nazi, New York, ownership, plunder, press, provenance, state department, war
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News War, Looting and Repatriation 

When art fought the Cold War

June 30, 2013April 10, 2017 Elizabeth Sirhall 0 Comments American, Brooklyn Museum, china, conference, funding, future, history, media, Metropolitan Museum, museum of modern art, museums, New York, paris, poland, politics, press, protest, staff, state department, unesco, war
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Fine Art News War, Looting and Repatriation 

Matisse in Norwegian museum was once Nazi loot

April 15, 2013April 10, 2017 Kelsey 0 Comments American, art loss register, bio, conference, documents, henri matisse, hermann goering, holocaust, looted art, monet, museum of modern art, nazi, New York, paris, picasso, press, war, world war II
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News War, Looting and Repatriation 

Looted Holocaust-Era Paintings In France Returned To Jewish Families

February 25, 2013April 10, 2017 Kelsey 0 Comments austria, building, france, germany, history, holocaust, looted art, mission, museum of modern art, museums, nazi, paris, seizure, war, world war II
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News 

Museums Grapple With the Strings Attached to Gifts

February 5, 2013April 10, 2017 Kelsey 1 Comment American, boston, Brooklyn Museum, budgets, consulting, delphi, donors, event, finance, fisk university, historical, mission, museum of modern art, museums, New York, technology, theft, war
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Battling Hitler’s Ghost in Claiming Nazi-Era Art

July 28, 2012April 10, 2017 Kelsey 0 Comments american association of museum, berlin, germany, guggenheim, holocaust, looted art, museum of modern art, museums, nazi, New York, picasso, provenance, world war II
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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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Consulting

Free, confidential guidance on ethical matters
Consulting 

Free, confidential guidance on ethical matters

July 6, 2011 Tom McGee 0

The Institute of Museum Ethics provides free, confidential guidance on ethical matters. Please contact Yerkovsa@shu.edu.

@museumethics

  • Museum EthicsBaltimore Museum of Art to sell works by masters such as Andy Warhol, will aim to improve artist diversity https://t.co/luEQUhg2BB

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  • Museum EthicsIcom warns against threats to museum independence | Museums Association https://t.co/ei7fZEczDm

    Reply Retweet Favorite 1:20pm - 19 Apr '18 - 7 days ago

  • Museum EthicsNational Gallery of Canada Plans to Sell a Chagall So It Can Buy a Jacques-Louis David https://t.co/PHNZar14Ao via @hyperallergic

    Reply Retweet Favorite 11:45am - 18 Apr '18 - 8 days ago

  • Museum EthicsV&A Director Rules Out Macron-Style Return of Africas Looted Treasure | artnet News https://t.co/m4kuvnDRTp

    Reply Retweet Favorite 3:16am - 13 Apr '18 - 13 days ago

  • Museum EthicsGeorge Lucas gives Rockwell fans new hope with acquisition of Shuffletons Barbershop: https://t.co/0CG8Cmpvg4

    Reply Retweet Favorite 2:37pm - 12 Apr '18 - 14 days ago

  • Museum EthicsArtist Nicholas Nixon Asked the ICA Boston to Shut Down His Show Amid Uproar Over Misconduct Allegations | artnet N https://t.co/6mrQ6MHR2s

    Reply Retweet Favorite 2:06pm - 12 Apr '18 - 14 days ago

  • Museum EthicsFrance to help build a 'new Petra' in Saudi Arabia with estimated $20bn development deal: https://t.co/zMc7vYZTfJ

    Reply Retweet Favorite 12:27pm - 9 Apr '18 - 17 days ago

  • Museum EthicsCoalition of Anti-Gentrification Groups Pressures Brooklyn Museum to Decolonize [UPDATED] https://t.co/yJvy5jZkq3 via @hyperallergic

    Reply Retweet Favorite 9:38pm - 7 Apr '18 - 18 days ago

  • Museum Ethicshttps://t.co/yVK0g0XmBE

    Reply Retweet Favorite 7:12pm - 7 Apr '18 - 19 days ago

  • Museum EthicsEthiopia welcomes talks on return of treasures from London museum https://t.co/TKmfzW4Z8e via @FT

    Reply Retweet Favorite 1:29am - 7 Apr '18 - 19 days ago

  • Museum EthicsBerkshire Museum Sell-Off Approved by Top Massachusetts Court, Ending Lengthy Legal Battle - https://t.co/IX8d0DGC3V via @ARTnewsmag

    Reply Retweet Favorite 3:41am - 6 Apr '18 - 20 days ago

  • Museum EthicsHow Corporations Harness and Hijack the Idea of the Museum https://t.co/wavYmexDIo via @hyperallergic

    Reply Retweet Favorite 11:54pm - 4 Apr '18 - 21 days ago

  • Museum EthicsUNESCO, EU and art market together ramp up fight against illicit trafficking of cultural objects https://t.co/ogFB5e0C73 via @unesco

    Reply Retweet Favorite 6:27pm - 31 Mar '18 - 26 days ago

  • Museum EthicsBrazil Only Has One Jackson Pollock on Public View, and Now Its Being Sold https://t.co/f3h9rxo1TQ via @hyperallergic

    Reply Retweet Favorite 1:29am - 27 Mar '18 - 30 days ago

  • Museum EthicsAfter centuries of cultural theft, why more nations are returning looted artifacts https://t.co/tQLqii4UGx via @csmonitor

    Reply Retweet Favorite 3:25am - 14 Mar '18 - 43 days ago

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Resources

Lobbying and Museum Ethics:  A Surprisingly Good Marriage
Resources Reviews 

Lobbying and Museum Ethics: A Surprisingly Good Marriage

October 26, 2011 Kelsey 0

Lobbying and Museum Ethics:  A Surprisingly Good Marriage  Bonnie Wilson For many, the word “lobbyist” does not carry with it

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