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My hero: George Clooney turning The Monuments Men into a film
According to the internet sources, George Clooney is allegedly working on writing, directing, and starring in a film based on Robert M. Edsel's book. The Monuments Men chronicled the work done by the...
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Chasing Aphrodite at the National Press Club and art museums as neutral ground?
Me and Jason Felch, one half of the authors of Chasing AphroditeLast Tuesday I was lucky enough to attend the panel discussion at the National Press Club for Chasing Aphrodite authors Jason Felch (who...
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Recently, I was honored to be asked to guest blog for the Association for Research Into Crimes Against Art. Now, in addition to blogging here and for Bennington's admissions blog, you can also find me...
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Robert Hecht, famous antiquities dealer, dead at age 92
On Wednesday, notorious antiquities dealer Robert E. Hecht, Jr. died at age 92 at his home in Paris. Just a little less than three weeks ago, his criminal trial in Rome ended with no verdict after...
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Glasgow University Team gets £1m grant to study illicit antiquities trade
A looted archaeological site in Iraq from the air in 2003. Copyright: Italian CarabinieriIn case you somehow haven't heard or just aren't paying attention, researchers at Glasgow University were...
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Ancient Olympia Museum robbed and Geroulanos a coward for resigning?
Gold ring seal, Antheia, Messinia. Date: 14th or 13th century. It's been all over the news: last week two armed robbers broke into the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, tied up on the only on-site...
View ArticleSpike TV's new show, American Diggers, promotes commercial exploitation of...
This spring, Spike TV intends to air a new show called American Diggers, which will follow a team "led by former professional wrestler-turned-modern-day relic hunter Ric Savage as they...
View ArticleIt's Museums Advocacy Day!
Today and tomorrow are Museums Advocacy Day, an event sponsored by the American Association of Museums and designed to advocate for policy and funding issues that affect museums in the United States....
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Dig Ventures' outside-the-box method to archaeology could revolutionize the...
Dig Ventures, a British organization that provides "seed capital for archaeology projects worldwide", just launched a whole new kind of funding initiative that promises to change the way we think about...
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Chasing Aphrodite authors propose WikiLoot, a crowd-sourced initiative to...
Polaroid seized from Giacomo Medici's warehouseJason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, authors of Chasing Aphrodite, are two of the most tireless voices in the fight against the illicit antiquities trade...
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Big news!
Since my last post in March, life has been a whirlwind of thesis-writing, thesis-editing, unplanned grad school applications, social media neglect, undergraduate graduation, grad school...
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What a good study looks like
We all knew from the start that the University of Glasgow study on the global trafficking of cultural property was going to be a big deal. But these folks are really outdoing themselves by keeping the...
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This guy has licked every Anglican cathedral in England
I feel a little guilty that I'm not blogging about Timbuktu or looted-coin-collecting bad boy Dr. Arnold Peter Weiss, but am instead clamoring to tell you all about this guy that licked every Anglican...
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Featured Blog(s): Property of an Anonymous Swiss Collector and Grotesque...
Two of my fave blogs lately are Property of an Anonymous Swiss Collector and Grotesque Stone Idols, both written by my friend and future colleague, Dr. Donna Yates. I am not just plugging Donna's blogs...
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Some updates
In the pages section of the blog, you'll notice some swank new updates to the information and resources offered that I finally got in today. First, there is now an "About the Issues" section which...
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The New York Times is asking all the wrong questions.
David Dewey with hisunsellable Yuan dynastyartifactsToday the New York Times published a very telling article on the various problems that collectors, museums, and auction houses are facing now that...
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Guest post on the ARCA blog!
Scoot on over to the Association for Research into Crimes Against Art blog, where you can read my newest post on my super dreamy experience at the very exciting annual ARCA conference last month.They...
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Holes: Looting in Photos
Photo: Holly Pickett for the NYTHaving created and maintained this blog for a while in an effort to expose more college students to the illicit antiquities trade/cultural heritage issues in general, I...
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The MFA's new acquisition of Benin artifacts proving to be a tricky bitch...
If I was the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which just received a gift of 34 rare Kingdom of Benin objects from the Robert Owen Lehman Collection, I would not have responded to the official request by...
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Need an internship this fall? Apply to the Sustainable Preservation Initiative!
Great news for undergrads looking for something other than coursework to get some experience this fall: the Sustainable Preservation Initiative is looking for interns! This is a really fabulous...
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