Elginism

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Parthenon Sculptures (AKA Elgin Marbles) - Musings on their return, plus other #culturalproperty disputes, #museums, art law, #archaeology, #architecture & #Greece

Website at http://www.elginism.com no longer updated quite as frequently as it should be.

http://twitter.com/elginism on the bird site.

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ElginismAug 27, 2023
#BritishMuseum #caryatid
ElginismAug 25, 2023
Another variation (from Matt at the Telegraph) on the theme of British Museum artefacts appearing on eBay.
Utterly shocking considering how many regular assertions are made about how safe items are there.
ElginismAug 25, 2023
The Daily Telegraph's cartoon by Matt on the subject of the vast number of items going missing from the British Museum (attributed now sacked Mediterranean Cultures Curator Peter John Higgs).
ElginismMay 3, 2023

RT @mukhoty
Tipu Sultan’s ‘Bedchamber Sword’, with its exquisite gold calligraphy and royal umbrella marking, looted after the fall of Seringapatam in 1799 goes on sale at auction on the 23rd of May

Asking price 1.5-2 million pounds

ElginismMay 2, 2023
Seeing as the Stone of Scone (AKA Stone of Destiny) it's worth reposting the story of its history as something restituted to Scotland multiple times.
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RT @LyonCourt
The Lord Lyon in Westminster Abbey at the Service this evening to mark the arrival of The Stone of Destiny.
https://twitter.com/LyonCourt/status/1652397863350030345
Lyon Court on Twitter

“The Lord Lyon in Westminster Abbey at the Service this evening to mark the arrival of The Stone of Destiny.”

Twitter
ElginismMay 1, 2023
RT @artcrimeprof
To summarize this article in a meme:
ElginismMay 1, 2023
RT @lynleyjmcalpine
A 1997 article from The Economist about the Benin bronzes.
ElginismApr 30, 2023
RT @MichaelDPress
For those of you in London:
I will be giving a free lecture at the @PalExFund on "How to Buy Antiquities in 19th Century Palestine".
Come join us, 10 May at 6pm!
https://www.pef.org.uk/lectures-and-events/
Lectures & Events - The Palestine Exploration Fund

Please note that views expressed at our lectures and events do not necessarily represent the views or policy of the PEF, but are the speaker’s and audience’s own. FREE PEF EVENT Wednesday 10th May 2023, 6pm. HOW TO BUY ANTIQUITIES IN 19th CENTURY PALESTINE Michael Press, University of Agder, Norway. PEF, 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich, […]

The Palestine Exploration Fund
ElginismApr 25, 2023
RT @artrecovery
RECOVERED just yesterday. Antoine Blanchard - The Arc de Triomphe and Champs- Elysee, Paris.
This was one of over 3000 paintings stolen from the Arnot Gallery by Louis Edelman in the late 1950s and early 1960s. We've recovered many of these over the years and will never give up
ElginismApr 25, 2023
RT @lootplunder
Ethiopian loot of the day: A "prayer scroll". No doubt where it came from - see note on back "Abyssinia War 1868". No doubt who claims it now - see ownership stamp right in middle of an image - BM, i.e. @britishmuseum, before transfer to @britishlibrary https://www.theprinceandtheplunder.com/2023/04/20/a-prayer-scroll-with-five-miniatures-or-12025/
A prayer scroll with five miniatures (OR 12025) * – The Prince and the Plunder