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The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Return Priceless Artefacts to Nepal

Introduction In a significant move reflecting the changing landscape of cultural repatriation, the world-renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced its decision to return two precious artefacts to Nepal. These artefacts, a 13th-century wooden temple strut and an 11th-century stone sculpture of Vishnu flanked by Lakshmi and Garuda, have been in the museum’s collection for […]

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Collector’s Quest: Removing a Painting from the Lost Art Database

In a gripping legal battle, an unnamed collector seeks to remove a valuable painting from the Lost Art Database, which tracks artworks stolen or looted during the Nazi regime. The painting in question, “Calabrian Coast” by Andreas Achenbach, carries a tumultuous history, having once belonged to Jewish-German art collector Max Stern. The Tragic Tale of

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