Egypt
http://www.nysun.com/article/44522
- Exhibition: Dawn Of Egyptian Art
Examiner.com (Sofia Ambrosia) With photos. Atlanta arts and antiquities lovers, the Metropolitan Museum of Art debuts its impressive new exhibitions entitled, The Dawn of Egyptian Art, opening up the extensive collection to the press for a preview on...
- London Museums Urged To Show More 'hidden' Artefacts
BBC News Museums in London are being urged to get more of their collections out of storage and on display as funding cuts will mean fewer landmark exhibitions. Many museums in the capital keep more than 90% of their collections stored away. The Museums...
- Museums Should Dig In
The New York Times (Bernard Frischer) THIS [last] year saw the end of the five-year-long trial here of Marion True, a former antiquities curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The case against her — for the purchase of art allegedly looted...
- Art Museums Wrestle With Ownership Issue
http://tinyurl.com/hhqne (washingtonpost.com)Another in a long line of recent articles about the challenges facing museums wishing to aquire antiquities for their collections, and the efforts of governments to repatriate items which, in some cases, should...
- The Antiquities Mess
http://tinyurl.com/aztb3 (New York Times)"The question now is whether the Met's tentative agreement with Italy will lend new energy to the claims of other countries seeking to repatriate antiquities. It probably will. The antiquities market has always...
Egypt
Mummies in Manhattan Museums
http://www.nysun.com/article/44522
"As the importance of cultural patrimony increases, American museums will probably never again be able to acquire Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works at the rate and with the freedom they did in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, when major collections, like those of the Metropolitan Museum, were assembled.In different ways, two events in New York this month –– a sale on Thursday at Christie's, and an exhibition opening in two weeks at the Met –– offer reminders of that time, an exciting one for archaeologists, collectors, and curators, when some of the most important discoveries of Egyptian art were made."
- Exhibition: Dawn Of Egyptian Art
Examiner.com (Sofia Ambrosia) With photos. Atlanta arts and antiquities lovers, the Metropolitan Museum of Art debuts its impressive new exhibitions entitled, The Dawn of Egyptian Art, opening up the extensive collection to the press for a preview on...
- London Museums Urged To Show More 'hidden' Artefacts
BBC News Museums in London are being urged to get more of their collections out of storage and on display as funding cuts will mean fewer landmark exhibitions. Many museums in the capital keep more than 90% of their collections stored away. The Museums...
- Museums Should Dig In
The New York Times (Bernard Frischer) THIS [last] year saw the end of the five-year-long trial here of Marion True, a former antiquities curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The case against her — for the purchase of art allegedly looted...
- Art Museums Wrestle With Ownership Issue
http://tinyurl.com/hhqne (washingtonpost.com)Another in a long line of recent articles about the challenges facing museums wishing to aquire antiquities for their collections, and the efforts of governments to repatriate items which, in some cases, should...
- The Antiquities Mess
http://tinyurl.com/aztb3 (New York Times)"The question now is whether the Met's tentative agreement with Italy will lend new energy to the claims of other countries seeking to repatriate antiquities. It probably will. The antiquities market has always...