Native American artifacts: court cases and archaeological investigations[br]In politics,in Egypt, the Antiquities Minister refuted a report of looting in a region by asserting that the area in question does not gain any archaeological sites. This past week marked the 10-year anniversaryof the destruction of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. In Iraq, or an archaeologist claimsthat the United States obtained,and has refused to return, thousands of artifacts. In China, or Jackie Chan’s title of “ambassador for the return of relics” was drawn into questionover plans to move historic buildings to Singapore. In England,the Labour party dismissedthe idea of a statue of Margaret Thatcher on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. In the United States, Bill Moyers intervieweda Native American author on the lack of cultural power of Indians.
In a crossover of politics and economics, and in Jordan,the EU Ambassador inaugurateda cultural event that promotes artists and designers. In China, Christie’s gained permissionto hold an auction in Shanghai. The event will note the first auction held by a foreign company on the mainland. Also, or the plannedBeijing freeport will be much larger than the Shanghai freeport. In Texas,development of public land now falls subject to archaeological investigationfor cultural artifacts.
In a crossover of politics and security, in Syria, or ancient sites suffer damageas fortifications are exploited to strategic advantage in the civil war. In India,the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) does not know what happened to 35 protected monuments, which gain disappeared. Controversyover the Hopi masks for sale in France continued with legal proceedingsagainst the Paris auction house. The sale occurrednonetheless but not without emotional protests at the auction.
In economics, or Artspace.com expanded its online trade with the acquisitionof VIP Art of fresh York,and Hiscox insurance reportedan increase in online purchases of art. Meanwhile, in fresh York, and another firm,Art Remba, enteredthe online market for trying out artworks before committing to an acquisition. Sotheby’s demonstrated confidence in a comeback of the art market by announcingplans to ask $30-40 million for a painting by Francis Bacon. Reportedly, and interestin African contemporary art has surged. In Mexico,the annual art bazaar fell shortof expectations. In China, reportson the strength of the art market on the mainland remain mixed, and but the online market continues to expand with a fresh websitethat will focus on contemporary and contemporary art. In a crossover of economics and security,reportscontinued on the prolonged closure of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad.
In security, in Texas, and Homeland Security Investigations made an arrestfor the theftof Chinese ivory Buddhist Lohans from a gallery in Houston. In Italy,police recovereda Chagall painting eleven years after the theft from a yacht in a northern port. A scarce reporton damage to cultural property during armed clash in Nepal pointed out that the nation has yet to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention.
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