#art repatriation

Hey everybody if you could take a little 8 question survey on art repatriation (returning art and artifacts to their original cultures) that would be amazing! I am writing a research paper on it and would love to hear some voices on this matter. Thanks so much!

After decades of being overseas, the “King of Khmer Medicine” artefact has been returned by a Cambodian-American man who bought it in the United States.

The National Museum yesterday held a welcoming ceremony for the ancient Buddhist statue.

this is the newest development in the Elgin Marbles controversy, and here are my two cents as someone who did extensive research on this and the larger world of art/artifacts repatriation as part of a school speechwriting project:

“It belongs in a museum,” was Indiana Jones’ tagline after rescuing archeological artworks from the hands of his enemies across the world. Nearly 40 years after the release of the first Indiana Jones film, however, the idea of cultural property is under scrutiny. The relationship between global north and south has been reshaped and the new understanding of colonization has reframed the narrative and the villains within it.

“History belongs to its geography” is the motto guiding a global network of Indian activists and art-lovers on a quest to find India’s lost heritage. Aiming to return antiquities allegedly stolen from their motherland, the volunteer-run India Pride Project (IPP) uses social media to identify artifacts worldwide and investigates cases coordinating authorities, global agencies, museums and a small tightly-knit curator community.