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Nehru’s aide who turned into an art dealer in the US

Nehru’s aide who turned into an art dealer in the US

01 Jul 2022

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(L-R) Naga Nagini idols on a hamsa pedestal in a temple in Karnataka’s Kalakeri. The Brahma, who should have been above hamsa, is now in US museum. The Vishnu from Karnataka now in The Met Museum, US.

A Vahana from Karnataka awaits its Lord

07 Jun 2022

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Prajnaparamita (Goddess of Wisdom) sculpture from Odisha’s Choudwar. It is now in the National Gallery of Australia.

An Odisha idol in Oz, provenance, research & ethics

30 Apr 2022

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Blood antiquities from Kashmir in a New York Museum

25 Mar 2022

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(From L-R) Photo of a 10th century CE Shiva bronze from Kolkata’s Asutosh Museum published in a book by Lalit Kala Akademi. The same Shiva bronze that was stolen and is now in a UK museuma.

Courts should hold Indian museums to account

22 Feb 2022

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Ganesha from UP (9th/10th century) in The Walters Art Museum, whose provenance begins a decade after 1970 and was initially with Ramesh Kapoor (brother of the arrested Subhash)

Violations of 1970 U.N. Convention by U.S. Museums

20 Dec 2021

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