Chasing Aphrodite
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On the hunt for looted antiquities in the world's museums. Tweets by @jasonfelch also @ https://t.co/Novuvtf8uq
Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2010
Follow us over at the other place, where we've now archived all our 9k tweets on art world muckraking and will prioritize going forward:
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https://t.co/DJee4CklsQ How we #BringOurGodsHome At UNESCO @sanjeevsanyal @UNESCO @MinOfCultureGoI @MEAIndia @PMOIndia
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@guptanumis @ASIGoI @gssjodhpur @PMOIndia @sanjeevsanyal @MinOfCultureGoI @IndiaPrideProj @LindenMuseum @nelson_atkins @metmuseum Den of loot proven again n again Great work by https://t.co/cpc6VPce0u How many more looted from Gurukul museum Jhajjar !! @MEAIndia @PMOIndia
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@CombatLooting
#BringOurGodsHome @HSINewYork
@ChasingAphrodit
https://t.co/OkAgiJFJLd
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Is Italy seeking the return of antiquities known prior to 1970? #Hecht
https://t.co/uJlU4UObp5
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Museums owe the public an explanation for moves like this
Sasha Suda, the director and CEO of the newly rebranded Philadelphia Art Museum, was dismissed on Tuesday. Suda was told of her dismissal via an email that stated she was being terminated for “cause,” though the email reportedly did not explicitly outline what that cause was.
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More than 5 years ago, Facebook created a "policy" to ban the sale of artifacts. Today, we finally see the first Facebook antiquities trafficking group to reach more than 1 million members. Facebook's policies are nothing more than PR. There is no enforcement.
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This week the Italian authorities seized 21 suspected forgeries attributed to Salvador Dalí from a major monographic show titled “Dalí, Between Art and Myth” in the northern city of Parma.
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Sam Knight reports on the turmoil inside Sotheby’s as the storied auction house contends with debt, layoffs, and culture shock brought on by its new owner, the telecommunications billionaire Patrick Drahi. https://t.co/aQqBg3Em1L
newyorker.com
Patrick Drahi made a fortune through debt-fuelled telecommunications companies. Now he’s bringing his methods to the art market.
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Anyone can watch the #CPACommittee open session. Find out how:
state.gov
First posted August 6, 2025 Updated September 2, 2025 The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet September 15-17, 2025 (90 FR 38196) to review a new request for a cultural property agreement...
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Promoting Cultural Heritage to Strengthen Syrian National Identity and Overcome Ethnic and Religious Fragmentation
opiniojuris.org
[Greta Ramelli is a legal officer at the Public International Law and Policy Group and a legal advisor at Hostage Italia Onlus. Dr Mohammed Alkhalid is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Sapienza University...
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It's like Linktree, but it looks like a Framer or Webflow site. Claim your free domain before someone else takes it!
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Dalhousie's receipt for the Koh-i-Noor, dated 7th Dec 1849. Not controversial at all... "I have received this day from Dr. Login, into my personal possession for transmission to England, the Koh-i-Noor diamond, in the presence of the members of the Board of Administration, and
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First ones are always to be cherished #BringOurGodsHome
@ChasingAphrodit Retrieved Chola-era Ardhanarisvara sculpture to be on public display at Vriddachalam temple - The Hindu
thehindu.com
Stolen 1000-year-old Ardhanarisvara sculpture from Chola period recovered from an art gallery in Australia to be displayed at Vriddachalam Viruddhagireeswarar temple in Cuddalore district of Tamil...
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Can AI help stop the sale of looted antiquities? At the AI+ Expo hackathon, C4ADS built a tool to detect looted Sudanese artifacts on platforms like eBay—using image matching and OpenAI’s reasoning engine to flag listed items and protect cultural heritage in conflict zones.
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Case of the Day: The ornate and highly significant early Buddhist sculpture, Footsteps of the Buddha (Buddhapada) was smuggled out of Pakistan's Swat Valley in 1982. (1/4)
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New #PeoplingPodcast alert! Today, we are joined by Roberta Mazza to discuss the antiquities trade in both the past and the present, the ethics behind papyrology, and the illicit papyrus trade in academia. Listen in to “Fragments and Falsehoods” here: https://t.co/lzVC9PwXQF
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WTF: Art Institute of Chicago director James Rondeau is under investigation after getting intoxicated and removing his clothes on a flight to Munich on April 18. He is now on leave and his job in jeopardy as the museum investigates the incident.
Art Institute of Chicago Director on Leave Over Mid-Flight Incident
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Court Halts Schiele Restitution Order for Art Institute of Chicago—For Now https://t.co/ovRB443PaO
news.artnet.com
Judge grants emergency stay for Art Institute of Chicago as museum appeals order to restitute allegedly Nazi-looted Egon Schiele drawing.
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