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"Instead of a source country having to say, 'Oh, please, could you maybe consider giving these things back?' Now they're making justified demands much more directly," she said."[They are] asking, even in this case, 'Hey, museum, you knew this information. You knew that these artifacts came to you through galleries that were associated with this smuggler.
Thankfully, No “classified”or Top Secret documents have been found.. It’s not as though they just wanted to have the stolen art works laying around…
Has anyone had a gander at the Vatican museum…. Just sayin
It’s wild to me that ever since that museum scene from Black Panther we see the most about returning artifacts and artwork back to the native countries‼️
Hmm… were there any Rembrandts in there, too? Perhaps The Storm on the Sea of Galilee? 🤔
All those years of buying stolen art, and now the reckoning has come. A lot more art pieces are going to go out the door.
Seized? The Met didn't agree to return them?