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Museum acquisitions under fire
Archive February 2006

2.28.06 PBS
Museums investigate stolen art

2.28.06 The New York Times
Met Chief, Unbowed, Defends Museum's Role by Randy Kennedy and Hugh Eakin

2.26.06 The New York Times
Museums Assert Right on Showing Antiquities by Hugh Eakin

2.25.06 STLtoday.com
Who owns the past?
by David Bonetti

2.24.06 The Independent
Greece and Italy team up to recover stolen antiquities by Nikolas Zirganos in Athens and Daniel Howden

2.24.06 Pravda
Egypt asks a U.S. museum to return a mummy mask disappeared 45 years ago

2.23.06 Assoicated Press
Italians plan visit to Boston for return of allegedly stolen art

2.23.06 The Boston Globe
Italians will press MFA to return art by Geoff Edgers and Sofia Celeste

2.23.06 The Australian
Treasures on the wanted list by Richard Owen

2.23.06 Bloomberg.com
Met's Antiquities Case Shows Donor, Trustee Ties to Looted Art by Vernon Silver

2.22.06 Scoop
The Italy-Met Euphronios Accord?
by Susan Mazur

2.22.06 The New York Times
Italy and U.S. Sign Antiquities Accord by Elisabetta Povoledo

2.22.06 The New York Times
Met Trustee Seen as Set for Talks With Italy by Hugh Eakin and Elisabetta Povoledo

2.21.06 The New York Times
Met Signs Accord in Italy to Return Vase and Artifacts by Elisabetta Povoledo

2.20.06 New York Observer
How Hot Vase It? by Jason Horowitz

2.20.06 Bloomberg.com
Italy Accepts Met Museum's Offer to Return Disputed Antiquities by Vernon Silver

2.20.06 The New York Times
Met's Fears on Looted Antiquities Are Not New by Hugh Eakin and Elisabetta Povoledo

2.19.06 The New York Times
Stolen Art? Interview by Deborah Solomon

2.17.06 STLtoday.com
Egypt demands return of mask from Art Museum's collection By David Bonetti

2.16.06 The Art Newspaper
US museum directors report findings of internal survey of the antiquities market by Jason Edward Kaufman

2.14.06 LA Times
Bringing home the silver

2.11.06 LA Times
Return of antiquities hitting grave robbers in bankbook By Ralph Frammolino

2.11.06 LA Times
An Italian offer U.S. museums shouldn't refuse? by Jason Felch

2.6.06 Times Online
Museum to return Homer vase by Richard Owen

2.5.06 Times Online
Wrath of the Incas descends on Yale by Matthew Campbell

2.5.06 The New York Times
The Mysterious Trail of a Treasure, Retraced by Lawrence Van Gelder

2.3.06 The New York Sun
Met's Return of 'Hot Pot' May Invite More Claims by Russell Berman

2.3.06 The New York Times
Met Agrees Tentatively to Return Vase in '08 By Randy Kennedy and Hugh Eakin

2.3.06 The New York Times
The Met, Ending 30-Year Stance, Is Set to Yield Prized Vase to Italy by Hugh Eakin

2.1.06 The New York Times
Met Sending Vase to Italy, Ending 30-Year Dispute by Hugh Eakin

2.1.06 Guardian
Stealing beauty

2.1.06 The New York Times
Inca Show Pits Yale Against Peru by Hugh Eakin

“Unless leading museums, who are widely seen as the keepers of the public conscience in this area, can be persuaded to adopt more exacting standards and to end their cozy and acquiescent relationships with private collectors, it is likely that the looting will continue undiminished.”

Neil Brodie and Colin Renfrew

Statue of Aprhodite (J. Paul Getty Trust)

Statue of Apollo (J. Paul Getty Trust)

Kantharos cup (J. Paul Getty Trust)

Eupphronios Krater (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

An ancient plate from Sicily (Italian Carabinieri/Associated Press)

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