Cornovia PostcardsThe Weir, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, 1904 - Arthur Davidson Postcard
Open Art Data#reading "Revelations in Cambodia looting scandal name ‘scholar’ at Denver Art Museum as accomplice to disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford"
Thanks to #art #looting #networks like that of Douglas #Latchford and Emma C. #Bunker, not a single #Prakhon #Chai sculpture remains in #Thailand.
An art historian and #museum #trustee, Bunker's writings helped boost their prices in the #antiquities market.
Thailand wants museums to return them.
ParisWritersUh oh. More loot at the #Metropolitan #Museum of #Art
#Artnews reports:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Repatriation Problem Is Only Getting Bigger
‘concern about Kossak’s relationship with colleague Martin Lerner…
Last year, the New York Times documented the business relationship between #Lerner and Douglas #Latchford, an #antiquities collector who was indicted in 2019 by New York officials for illegally #trafficking artifacts from #Cambodia’
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-of-arts-repatriation-news-1234654313/
John FinkI don't remember this guy's name but he lives at the Frontiersman Motel in #latchford #ontario. When we stopped to get a room and went to the office, he was the only presence in the office other than us -- nobody at the desk or anything. We were all like "Uh, does the cat own the motel".
