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: 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:BANGALORE: India is well known all over the world for its rich arts and cultural history. Today, many Indian precious artifacts are scattered all over the world. But it is unfortunate to know that the concern authority is not doing enough to get it back to the country. Most recently, in the case of Subhash […]
Share: A. SRIVATHSAThe sculpture acquired by the National Gallery of Australia from Subhash Kapoor in 2008.The Indian government has requested the National Gallery of Australia to return the 1,000-year-old Nataraja idol in its possession.The Attorney-General’s Department in Australia, in a statement released on Wednesday, said it received the letter and would take action in accordance […]
