Egypt
Urban Art and Antiquities blog (Hui)
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- Dealers Arrested In Minya Province
Youm7 (Manmoud Abel Rady) Twelve antiques dealers were arrested in Minya province by Police detectives cooperating with the Public Security Authority after they tried to sell artifacts taken from tombs. Major Gen. Ahmed Gamal, assistant Minister of Interior...
- Egypt Asks Us To Return 80 Stolen Artifacts
Egypt State Information Service A follow up to the story about the Predynastic vessels from Maadi which were smuggled out of the country by a U.S. pilot. Zahi Hawass is due to meet with U.S. officials to discuss matters further, but it seems extremely...
- Met's Art Theft Squad Suffers Budget Cuts
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2062298,00.htmlThanks very much to Chris Townsend for the following story, which is thoroughly depressing: "The dramatic scaling down of Scotland Yard's once renowned arts and antique squad has left organised...
- More Re Charges Relating To Forged Amarna Statue
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6596597.stm"Bolton Council paid £440,000 for the Amarna Princess in 2003 believing it was 3,300-years-old - but in 2006 experts found it was counterfeit. George Greenhalgh, his wife Olive, 82, and sons, George,...
- Eu Grant To Restore 10,000 Artifacts
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o080825e.htm "The European Union (EU) approved a grant of 75,000 euro to the Supreme Council of Antiquities SCA for restoring a number of antiques at the Egyptian Museum. The project will last for three years for restoring...
Egypt
The vulnerable university museums
Urban Art and Antiquities blog (Hui)
Bad economic news seems to come almost everyday. The cover of the new The Magazine Antiques excites the reader with “American Antiques Season”, but business is slow if not zero, as reported by Bloomberg in its coverage of the Winter Antique Show of the last weekend.
The Winter Antiques Show is usually regarded as a barometer of the antique market for the year. The other show at Armory of Lexington and 26 St. appeared to be at most lukewarm. Under current financial crisis, to spend some 5 digits in this kind of antiques show need not only just a thick wallet, but also some impulse that cannot be explained rationally.
But impulsive purchases are rare now. Not only New Yorkers in particular look sultry these days, the mood brought by the money shortage has crept into every aspect of the society including universities. Brandies University, facing a huge budget deficit, decided recently to close its Rose Art Museum and sell off the collections. Later, it was amended to provide that only some that can hold the values well in the current art market will be sold.
Unlike the majority opinion that appeared online or in the newspaper, I do not hold strong opinions against deaccessioning, in particular with regard to reconfiguring infrastructure of an ailing school.
See the above page for the full story.
- Dealers Arrested In Minya Province
Youm7 (Manmoud Abel Rady) Twelve antiques dealers were arrested in Minya province by Police detectives cooperating with the Public Security Authority after they tried to sell artifacts taken from tombs. Major Gen. Ahmed Gamal, assistant Minister of Interior...
- Egypt Asks Us To Return 80 Stolen Artifacts
Egypt State Information Service A follow up to the story about the Predynastic vessels from Maadi which were smuggled out of the country by a U.S. pilot. Zahi Hawass is due to meet with U.S. officials to discuss matters further, but it seems extremely...
- Met's Art Theft Squad Suffers Budget Cuts
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2062298,00.htmlThanks very much to Chris Townsend for the following story, which is thoroughly depressing: "The dramatic scaling down of Scotland Yard's once renowned arts and antique squad has left organised...
- More Re Charges Relating To Forged Amarna Statue
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6596597.stm"Bolton Council paid £440,000 for the Amarna Princess in 2003 believing it was 3,300-years-old - but in 2006 experts found it was counterfeit. George Greenhalgh, his wife Olive, 82, and sons, George,...
- Eu Grant To Restore 10,000 Artifacts
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o080825e.htm "The European Union (EU) approved a grant of 75,000 euro to the Supreme Council of Antiquities SCA for restoring a number of antiques at the Egyptian Museum. The project will last for three years for restoring...