Masters Class: 26/11/2012 Who Owns Art Part II

Egypt Case Study

Egypt’s Lost Treasures

-          Nefertiti’s Bust in Berlin

-          The Rosetta Stone at the British Museum

-          Egytian artifacts are spread all over the world.

-          Idea of finders-keepers archaeology in the past.

-          France did give back many pieces under Mitterand.

Most of the artifacts however that are given back are not the main attention grabbing ones.  It is unlikely that something as big as the Rosetta Stone will be returned unless organizations such as UNESCO get involved.

  

The Art of the Steal 

February 26, 2010

Don Argott

IFC Films

Very celebrated documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival.

-          A documentary film about the biggest art heist in modern history.

-          The complete works of the Barnes Foundation in Pennsylvania was taken against the will testimony of the foundation and put into the Philadelphia Museum.

-          The Collection of Albert C. Barnes was valued at over $25 billion. 

Homework #3

Who owns art?  Do we as a world society have an obligation to return works of art to their original homes or is it all a

part of history?  What kind of benefits can having art from all over the world together give us?  What are the

drawbacks?

Due in class 10/12/2012