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The Art Institute of Chicago refused to name the Alsdorf Collection as the source of the stolen sacred artwork the museum "helped" return to Nepal. Did they want to avoid

Since I'm writing a book about controversies about American monuments, I thought I'd check out this new sitcom about a controversy over an American monument, and let me tell you,

Dear Timeline Auctions: maybe consider changing up who makes the stuff you sell as priceless antiquities? If I can identify the same sculptor I get just a wee bit suspicious.

What will it take to stop police brutality? There's a hint in the story of what led millions of Klansmen quit the Ku Klux Klan in 1925. It was a

There's been plenty of criticism of "Medusa with the Head of Perseus," now temporarily installed in front of lower Manhattan's criminal courthouse. @Sonja_Drimmer and I took a more art historical

The @metmuseum's new installation, "Crossroads," is a master class in using your looted antiquities to justify keeping your looted antiquities. A short thread. The exhibit "examine[s] the idea of cultural

My bad! I though these fake scrolls (aka, "garbage cigars") were the brainchild of just one person. But @ATHARProject pointed out that they're a popular category of collectible antiquity. Let's

Did I just spend the last hour looking at plethora of fake ancient Egyptian coffin eyes for sale online? Yes, yes I did. And it was a ride, my friends.

Protestors fighting for a new balance of power in America are calling for the removal of Confederate monuments. The same monuments were put up by protestors fighting for the same

As we protest statues that glorify racist ideology, we also need to think about the things that ended up inside of museums because of assumptions about white superiority. Here's one

"Scott Carroll may have claimed that Obbink had “no agenda whatsoever,” but in fact Obbink had several. He was acting as a scholar, an adviser, and a seller: The first

Is your state re-opening? Congrats, you're basically polyamorous now. Here are some thoughts from me, your friendly local ethically non-monogamous queer, on how to have those awkward conversations with your