Museum officials say they are voluntarily repatriating the object after learning that it had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu Valley ...
Lindsay Selin “There’s probably more architects per capita in the Mad River Valley than in Manhattan,” said John Connell, an architect and urbanist who was a founder of the influential ...
or paintings hung up or placed in city buildings, on city property all throughout the city," said David Dobbelsteyn, Saint John's director of growth and community support services. "But this piece ...
On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...
The Buddha statue was first identified by the ... Erin Thompson, professor of art crime at John Jay College and a Hyperallergic contributor, said museums should “acknowledge the larger problem ...
This 12th century Nepali sculpture, “Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda,” regularly displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago since 1997, is heading back to its country of origin.
The Art Institute of Chicago announced Monday it would return a 12th century Nepali sculpture of the Buddha to Nepal. The museum is collaborating with the government of Nepal for the return of the ...
Garanayak did not hide his surprise at the recovery of the Buddha heads. “These are extremely beautiful and perfect works of art on stone. There are even wrinkles on the neck,” he said. Another ...