Encouraging News from the AAMD
UPDATE January 13, 2013: The new guidelines are now published here.
UPDATE January 13, 2013: The new guidelines are now published here.
MSN posted an insightful piece of interest to collectors, dealers, and archaeologists. It is reported that the production of fakes is easier than looting authentic archaeoligical objects, thereby reducing looting…
The International Council of Museums’ Red List covering Syrian cultural objects at risk is now available. Click on the picture below to view the document. Learn more about the impact…
CONDENSED PRESS STATEMENT (TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN)Unedited original available atwww.carabinieri.it/Internet/Cittadino/Informazioni/ComunicatiStampa/2010/Luglio/20100716_100000.htm On July 16, 2010, the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Command presented to the press … three hundred thirty seven exceptional…
Earlier this year the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) shifted its stance on bilateral agreements authorized by the Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA) when the group decisively opposed the renewal of U.S. import restrictions covering…
Last month the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) sued the US government to claim ownership of the ancient mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer. The US government yesterday sued to forfeit the mask….
Photo credit: Alborzagros. CC. Jenny Rubin and others hurt by a 1997 terrorist attack in Israel filed a 92 page brief yesterday in the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Rubin…