Article copied from the Guardian, written by Dalya Alberge, November 24, 2019. Christie’s urged to pull sale of Roman statue ‘linked to illicit dealers’. Art expert says he has evidence first-century Eros marble was in archive of disgraced dealers. A leading archaeologist is calling for Christie’s to cancel the auction of a first-century Roman statue…
All information can be found on the attached folder and on the conference’s web page http://www.unive.it/netcher The conference takes place at the University Ca’ Foscari, presso l’Aula Baratto, in the centre of Venice, on Dicember 9, 2019. Download folder here.
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Please follow this link to be regularly updated on UNESCO’s gight against illicit trafficking of cultural property.
Have a look at this very interesting exhibition / Wanderausstellung on stolen past – lost future NO to the illicit trafficking – YES to our history in Basel from November 15 to December 15, 2019. It was also shown in Münster, Baden, and Heidelberg. Further information here. We really appreciate the following graph from the exhibition,…
EAA-Committee on the Illicit Trade in Cultural Material 