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Book Review
Nazi-Era Provenance of Museum Collections: A Research Guide
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 197–199
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Reviewer:
Giovani-Agha, Angelina (Giovani-Agha, Angelina)
Subjects
subjects:
Nazism / Provenance / Restitution / Museums / Collections, Public
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subjects:
Nazi-Era Provenance of Museum Collections: A Research Guide By Jacques Schuhmacher. 175 pp. incl. 20 col. + 17 b. & w. ills. (UCL Press, London, and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2024), £45. ISBN 978–1–80008–691–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Young woman at the distaff, by Rudolf Friedrich Wasmann. c.1829. Pencil on paper, 22.5 by 15.2 cm. (Albertina Museum, Vienna).
Editorial
The British Museum
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 931
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museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Fischer, Hartwig / Osborne, George / Stolen works of art / Repatriation / sponsorship / Funding / Restitution / Museum directors
Book Review
Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 926
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Reviewer:
Oost, Tabitha (Oost, Tabitha)
Subjects
subjects:
African School / Africans / Museums / Colonialism / Restitution
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Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat By Bénédicte Savoy. 240 pp. incl. 11 col. + 6 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–0–691–23473–1. | :
Letter
The Parthenon sculptures
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 108
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Author:
Stocker, Mark (Stocker, Mark)
Subjects
subjects:
Parthenon, Athens, Greece / Sculpture / Elgin Marbles (British Museum, London) / Restitution / Digital technology / Copies
Letter
The Parthenon sculptures
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 108
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Author:
Karkazis, Miltos (Karkazis, Miltos)
Subjects
subjects:
Elgin Marbles (British Museum, London) / Parthenon, Athens, Greece / Sculpture
subjects:
Restitution
Editorial
The Parthenon sculptures
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1063
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Subjects
buildings:
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
museums and institutions:
Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece / British Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Restitution / Sculpture / Greek (ancient) School / Parthenon, Athens, Greece
works:
Elgin Marbles (British Museum, London)
Editorial
A practical guide to restitution
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 835
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Subjects
subjects:
Restitution / Deaccessioning / Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
Book Review
Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes Dividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 823-825
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Nigeria / Asia
styles:
Benin (ancient Nigerian style)
subjects:
Looting / Colonialism / Stolen works of art / Ethnology / Museums / Collections / Military art and science
subjects:
Restitution
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dividing the Spoils: Perspectives on Military Collections and the British Empire Edited by Henrietta Lidchi and Stuart Allan. 344 pp. incl. 31 b. & w. ills. (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2020), £85. ISBN 978–1–5261–3920–7. | :
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Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes By Barnaby Phillips. 416 pp. incl. 15 col. + 26 b. & w. ills. (Oneworld Publications, London, 2021), £10.99. ISBN 978–0–86154–313–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Trophy head. Kumasi, Ghana, 18th or 19th century. Gold, height 20 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Exhibition Review
Humboldt Forum, Berlin
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1172-5
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Reviewer:
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Vogtherr, Christoph Martin)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany
subjects:
Museology / Museum policy / Museum history / Architecture / Collections, Public / Politics / Colonialism / Restitution / Exhibitions / Contemporary art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Humboldt Forum, Berlin from 19th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The east and north façades of the Humboldt Forum, Berlin. (© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss; photograph Alexander Schippel).
Attributed works:
2. The Schlüter Courtyard in the Humboldt Forum, Berlin. (© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss; photograph David von Becker).
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3. Installation view of the exhibition Berlin Global, in the Humboldt Forum, Berlin. (© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss; photograph Xander Heinl).
Attributed works:
4. Installation view of the exhibition Art and cult. Sacred art in China and Japan’ at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Humboldt Forum. (© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst; Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss; photograph Alexander Schippel).
Book Review
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 561-562
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Reviewer:
Akinsha, Konstantin (Akinsha, Konstantin)
Subjects
subjects:
Benin / Bronzes / Restitution / Ethics / Museums
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution By Dan Hicks. 336 pp. incl. numerous b. & w. ills. (Pluto Press, London, 2020), £20. ISBN 978–0–7453–4176–7. | :
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