Elizabeth Marlowe – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/elizabeth-marlowe/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:47:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Elizabeth Marlowe – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/elizabeth-marlowe/ 32 32 118955609 A Cleveland Museum’s Bad Bet on a Looted Roman Statue https://hyperallergic.com/862516/cleveland-museum-bad-bet-looted-roman-statue/ https://hyperallergic.com/862516/cleveland-museum-bad-bet-looted-roman-statue/#respond Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:41:36 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=862516 The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.]]>

The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.

]]> https://hyperallergic.com/862516/cleveland-museum-bad-bet-looted-roman-statue/feed/ 0 862516 When Will Museums Tell the Whole Truth About Their Antiquities? https://hyperallergic.com/760120/when-will-museums-tell-the-whole-truth-about-their-antiquities/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:47:18 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=760120 Some US museums will overlook the dubious origins of acquisitions if it suits their purposes. ]]>

Some US museums will overlook the dubious origins of acquisitions if it suits their purposes.

]]> 760120 Why the Elgin Marbles Should Not be Returned to Greece … Yet https://hyperallergic.com/686631/why-the-elgin-marbles-should-not-be-returned-to-greece-yet/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:31:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=686631 To do so before they have returned the Maqdala treasures and the Benin Bronzes and the Easter Island statues and the Maori heads, before a coherent set of precepts for decolonization has been articulated, would affirm the wrong principle.]]>

To do so before they have returned the Maqdala treasures and the Benin Bronzes and the Easter Island statues and the Maori heads, before a coherent set of precepts for decolonization has been articulated, would affirm the wrong principle.

]]> 686631 Seizure of Looted Antiquities Illuminates What Museums Want Hidden https://hyperallergic.com/456942/europol-seizure-of-looted-antiquities/ https://hyperallergic.com/456942/europol-seizure-of-looted-antiquities/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2018 11:00:04 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=456942 Over 20,000 precious art objects were seized in a raid at dawn — what can this elucidate about beauty, theft, and the museum?]]>

Over 20,000 precious art objects were seized in a raid at dawn — what can this elucidate about beauty, theft, and the museum?

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