Share:In an effort to maintain transparency and further their commitment to ethical collecting practices, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) has shared information regarding the restitution of two significant sculptures to the Republic of India. These invaluable artifacts were part of the museum’s Arts of Asia collection, and their return was facilitated in collaboration with government […]
Share:The India Pride Project – an online volunteer group is determined to bring back priceless artifacts smuggled out of India. A look at how they brought back a beautiful bronze work from a museum in the US. Subhash Kapoor, an art smuggler, is accused of running a major smuggling racket from South India. He has […]
Share: Indian antiques ◾Indian artefacts are stolen, smuggled and sold abroad for millions of dollars ◾Prof Kirit Mankodi, a retired archaeologist from Pune, traces stolen artefacts ◾He also provides details of existing artefacts to prevent their sale in case they get stolen itting at a computer in his drawing room, this 75-year-old is busy surfing […]
Share: CHENNAI: The Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, US, has said it will return the nearly 1,000-year-old bronze Ganesha idol, which it bought from art thief Subhash Kapoor, to the Indian government. The museum purchased the idol from Kapoor in 2006 for nearly $245,000. Kapoor, now facing trial in Tamil Nadu, likely stole it […]
Share:New Delhi: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott who is on a state visit to India is returning two looted idols seized from Australian museums during a meeting with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. Abbott is personally delivering the National Gallery of Australia’s Rs 30 crore ($5 million) Dancing Shiva or […]
Share:Over the last decade, Kirit Mankodi, a Mumbai-based professor of Archaeology has been working hard to help recover the country’s stolen heritage and create an online profile of stolen Indian artworks In January 2014, Indian newspapers reported the return of three stolen sculptures — two amorous couples (known as Mithunas in Indian art), and a […]
Share:By BHAVNA VIJ AURORA, ET Bureau | 22 Jul, 2014, 04.47AM IST NEW DELHI: The Department of Canadian Heritage has had an item in storage for the past three years that’s decidedly not North American in origin. It’s a life-size, red sandstone statue of a woman with a parrot on her bare shoulder. The voluptuous […]
Share:Press Trust of India | New Delhi March 10, 2014 Last Updated at 13:00 IST Thangkas, sculptures and ritual objects, from a Japanese collector of Tibetan art are coming up for auction in New York later this month. The sale also includes items associated withIndia. The Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Sale by […]
