http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/socal_museums_raided Southern California museums were raided early this morning by federal agents in a looting investigation involving ancient art allegedly stolen from Thailand, China, Myanmar, and Native American archeological sites. Included were the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pasadena's Pacific Asia Museum, the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, and the Mingei International Museum in San Diego. In the case of the Bowers and the Pacific Asia museums, the warrants clearly suggest that museum officials were aware that the objects were looted and overvalued and accepted them anyway. According to the warrants, Markell at one point told the agent that LACMA... Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:12:19 -0800 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:05:04 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The more I read and hear the more I just assume that every museum's collections of antiquities is looted, with the full knowledge and orchestration by their directors. There was a devastating piece in the New Yorker recently about the Getty. There are no ethical people in the antiquities trade.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/socal_museums_raided#c908563 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/socal_museums_raided#c908563 Visual Art Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:05:04 -0800