ETHNOLOGY MUSEUM, VIENNA CHANGES NAME TO WORLD MUSSunday, May 12, 2013
Whats in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. - Shakespeare 1, Romeo and JulietAs has been reported in various Austrian newspapers and other media, the Ethnology Museum Völkerkundemuseum, Vienna, has changed its name to World Museum Weltmu ...
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RAT AND RABBIT SCULPTURES RETURNED TO CHINA BY OWNER OF CHRISTIE'S.Sunday, May 05, 2013
One day two bandits entered the Summer Palace. One plundered, the other burned. Victory can be a thieving woman, or so it seems. The devastation of the Summer Palace was accomplished by the two victors acting jointly. Mixed up in all this is the name of Elgin, which inevitably calls to mind the Par ... |
“BENIN PLAN OF ACTION” (2): WILL THIS MISERABLE PROJECT BE THE LAST WORD ON THEMonday, March 11, 2013
There was a dim grandeur about it all, and also these seemed to a fate. Here was this head center of iniqiuty, spared by us from its suitable end of burning for the sake of holding the new seat of justice where barbarism had held away, given into our hands with the brand of Blood soaked into eve ... |
“BENIN PLAN OF ACTION FOR RESTITUTION”: WILL THIS ENSURE THE RETURN OF LOOTED BEMonday, March 04, 2013
There are many ways to develop relationships besides returning museum objects. Informally, it also appears that the different kinds of collaboration that are currently in progress are important to Nigerian museums. That might explain why Nigeria has not registered any formal demand for the return of ... |
RESPECT AND DISRESPECT IN RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL ARTEFACTSSunday, February 24, 2013
Culture is the soul of a nation. The illicit removal or destruction of cultural property deprives peoples of their history and tradition. Restitution is the only means that can restore damage and reinstate a sense of dignity.Anastassis Mitsialis, Permanent Representative of Greece to the Unit ... |
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND BY “RESTITUTION”Monday, February 11, 2013
Short of giving details of the anticipated repossession of Nigerian artefacts from France, Usman insisted that diplomacy remained the best and only option for now and we would change our strategy if its not working.Is Nigerias approach to restitution of cultural artefacts really work ... |
WHAT GAME WAS JAMES CUNO PLAYING AT DAVOS?Tuesday, February 05, 2013
We have just read Lee Rosenbaums 1 comments on James Cunos participation in the World Eonomic Forum, Davos, as well as Cunos report of his own performance at the Swiss holiday resort of the rich and powerful. 2. Lee Rosenbaum underlined in her comments Cunos catchwords that seem calculated ... |
DECLARATION ON THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF UNIVERSAL MUSEUMS: SINGULAR FAILURE OSunday, January 27, 2013
Culture is the soul of a nation. The illicit removal or destruction of cultural property deprives peoples of their history and tradition. Restitution is the only means that can restore damage and reinstate a sense of dignity.Anastassis Mitsialis, Permanent Representative of Greece to th ... |
Nigeria-Arts of the Benue River Valley: Arts de la vallée de la Bénoué NigeriaMonday, January 14, 2013
We have just received an excellent catalogue of the exhibition, Arts de la vallée de la Bénoué Nigeria Nigeria - Arts of the Benue River Valley which is taking place at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, France from 13 November 2012 to 27 January 2013. The exhibition no doubt shows some 150 im ... |
WILL BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS RETURN LOOTED BENIN BRONZES?Sunday, January 06, 2013
The public interest must surely be in upholding the rule of law, rather than promoting an international free-for-all through the unrestricted circulation of tainted works of art. Do we really wish to educate our children to have no respect for history, legality and ethical values by providing museu ... |
ARTS OF NIGERIA IN FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTIONSSunday, December 30, 2012
Many Africans tend to believe that the majority of looted or stolen Nigerian artworks are to be found in Great Britain, especially, in the British Museum which was the main beneficiary of the nefarious Benin looting of 1897. This is largely true today even though the venerable museum refuses to info ... |
VIRTUAL VISITS TO MUSEUMS HOLDING LOOTED BENIN OBJECTSMonday, November 26, 2012
One of the remarkable arguments presented by holders of looted Benin artefacts is that in our modern world, with the facilities provided by internet, there is no need to return physical objects to their country of origin; with the availability of computers and other electronic devices we can all hav ... |
HAS MEXICO RENOUNCED HER CLAIM TO MONTEZUMA'S FEATHER CROWN IN THE VIENNA ETHNOLTuesday, November 20, 2012
President Vicente Fox asked the visiting Austrian president, Heinz Fischer, for his help in returning the headdress of the Aztec leader Montezuma, which is nearly five centuries old, has been in the possession of Austria since 1524 and is on exhibit in a Vienna museum. Antonio Betancourt 1Wh ... |
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