The 13 artifacts, valued at more than $1 million and all from South Asia, were given to investigators who say some of them are linked to an accused antiquities smuggler.
Tag: Art
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Treasure Hunting at the Winter Show
This browser’s delight, with one-of-a-kind art, antiques and modern design, has moved from the Armory to a new Spring Palace — the former Barneys on Madison Avenue.
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Bright Colors, Dark Subjects: Hew Locke’s Unsettling Pageant
In a major new commission for the Tate museum group in London, the British-Guyanese artist returns to the themes of empire and postcolonial reckoning that have fascinated him throughout his career.
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Bust From the Met Museum, Said to Be Looted, Is Returned to Libya
Investigators said the sculpture, a depiction of a veiled woman, had been stolen decades ago from a temple at Cyrene, which was once part of ancient Greece.
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The African Artist-Writer Who Mapped New Worlds
In 1948, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré had a vision that led him to invent a new writing system. The Museum of Modern Art explores his more than 1,000 drawings.