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Chasing Aphrodite

@ChasingAphrodit

On the hunt for looted antiquities in the world's museums. Tweets by @jasonfelch also @ https://t.co/Novuvtf8uq

Los Angeles, CA Katılım Mayıs 2010
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Chasing Aphrodite
Chasing Aphrodite@ChasingAphrodit·
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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MuddyWatersResearch
MuddyWatersResearch@muddywatersre·
I’m excited to read “The Man Who Stole the Gods”, a true financial crime thriller about the art world and stolen national treasures. The author is @MattCampbell, who co-wrote “Dead in the Water”, a riveting true crime book about shipping, insurance fraud, and murder. Matt’s legit!
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Pablo Torre 👀
Pablo Torre 👀@PabloTorre·
Spotted Apollo co-founder Leon Black — the billionaire who gave Jeffrey Epstein $170 million — at MSG. But I neglected to note the guy right next to him: Larry Gagosian, the top art dealer in the world
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Pablo Torre Finds Out@pablofindsout

"The problem here is that we all have a sense that Madison Square Garden and the Knicks don't belong to one person." @PabloTorre went to a Knicks playoff game to test the limits of MSG's facial recognition ... along with Edward Snowden's lawyer, @benwizner. One Knicks fan they didn't expect to see at The Garden: the man who bankrolled Jeffrey Epstein.

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Chasing Aphrodite@ChasingAphrodit·
RIP Dr Ittai Gradel, the antiquities trade whistleblower who exposed the British Museum thefts. His warnings were ignored, then covered up. Ultimately he was proven right, and it cost the BM director his job. Ittai was a friend and source…an honorable man in a crooked field
Chasing Aphrodite@ChasingAphrodit

In a remarkable statement, Fischer takes responsibility for mishandling the thefts – which he learned about in 2021 and dismissed – and apologizes for remarks made about the whistleblower, Ittai Gradel.

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Museum of Looted Antiquities
Museum of Looted Antiquities@MuseumofLoot·
Help us investigate the illicit antiquities trade! We're excited to announce volunteer positions at MOLA > Contributing Editors help peer review contributions. > Contributors research and write case studies on repatriated artifacts. Details below >
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vj @ poetryinstone 🇮🇳
vj @ poetryinstone 🇮🇳@poetryinstone·
Yes. #BringOurGodsHome
India in the UK@HCI_London

Celebrating the Return of Items of India's Cultural Heritage! @HCI_London marked the return of treasured artefacts to India at a ceremony reflecting commitment to safeguarding and restoring heritage to it's rightful inheritors. Representatives from the @AshmoleanMuseum, HSI (@USAinUK), and the @metpoliceuk, who helped make this day possible, joined diaspora and the arts & culture community to mark this occasion. #IndianCulture #Antiquities #Heritage #Culture #Preservation #IndiaUK #IndiaUKPartnership #CultureConnect @MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @VDoraiswami @getkart @MinOfCultureGoI @iccr_hq @TheNehruCentre @FinMinIndia @secycultureGOI @diaspora_india @PMOIndia @ASIGoI @DRI_Mumbai @cbic_india

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Malcolm Bell III ’63 *72 | Princeton Alumni Weekly “Mac, a renowned archaeologist who helped prevent plunder of antiquities in Italy, died of a respiratory infection in Rome Jan. 7, 2024.” paw.princeton.edu/memorial/malco…
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Chasing Aphrodite@ChasingAphrodit·
Museums owe the public an explanation for moves like this
ARTnews@artnews

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. After the email was sent, “the board met, seemingly to be advised on what, exactly, the cause is.” Read more: artnews.com/art-news/news/…

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ATHAR Project
ATHAR Project@ATHARProject·
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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ARTnews
ARTnews@artnews·
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. artnews.com/art-news/news/…
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker@NewYorker·
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. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
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Tim@TimLeBerre·
Promoting Cultural Heritage to Strengthen Syrian National Identity and Overcome Ethnic and Religious Fragmentation opiniojuris.org/2025/08/14/pro…
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