Author: Jemma Jarman

This article was first published by Artnet. The European Court of Human Rights has determined that Italy is the rightful owner of an ancient Greek statue currently held by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, in a years-long dispute between the two parties. Italian officials claim that the statue was illegally smuggled out of the country […]

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This article was first published by The Guardian. A Collection of more than 1,000 fossils including rare dinosaurs given to National Museum in Rio six years after devastating blaze. Nearly six years after it was engulfed by a devastating fire that inflicted incalculable damage on Brazil’s cultural heritage, the country’s national museum has received an […]

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This article was first published by the BBC. Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art appealed on Tuesday to reverse the ruling, arguing it took “too narrow a view on women’s historical and ongoing societal disadvantage” and how the Ladies Lounge can “promote equal opportunity”. The court issued its order in April following a gender discrimination […]

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