Archive for June, 2009
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 9 June 2009 21.08 BST larger | smaller Article historyA Picasso sketchbook worth more than €8m (£6.9m) has been stolen from a Paris museum dedicated to the artist, where it is believed to have been kept in an unlocked cabinet.
Detectives began an investigation after ...
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Friday, June 5th, 2009
Ukraine suffered “colossal” looting during World War II
Research challenges Russians’ claim that they own many cultural valuables from the independent state
By John Varoli | From issue 203, June 2009
Published online 4.6.09 (News)
KIEV/MOSCOW. New research by a Ukrainian scholar is shedding light on a previously unknown chapter of cultural losses in ...
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Ali Aboutaam "urges" others to repatriate antiquities
http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2009/06/operation-phoenix-ali-aboutaam-urges.html
April 6, 2012
On May 19 it was reported that an unnamed Geneva dealer had returned 251 antiquities worth some €2 million (see
earlier comments). My press release, "Looting Matters: Why Is Switzerland Featured so Frequently in the Return of Antiquities?", PR Newswire May 29, 2009 ...
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