and look where it came from...gotta love me some Indigo!
Chinese Cultural Bureucrats Okay Demolition of Cultural Preservationists' Home
The Chinese cultural bureaucracy has approved the demolition of the historic home of a U. Pennsylvania educated couple who were early advocates of cultural preservation within China. See http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/world/asia/in-beijing-razing-of-historic-house-stirs-outrage.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=cultlural%20relics&st=cse The home had previously been designated an official "cultural relic."
One of the loudest critics of American collectors has asserted it is "none of our business" how the Chinese treat their cultural patrimony. See http://ordinarymag.blogspot.com/2012/02/us-state-department-helps-ship-auction.html
But, if so, perhaps it's not really about conservation, but control, as far as the archaeological community is concerned.
One of the loudest critics of American collectors has asserted it is "none of our business" how the Chinese treat their cultural patrimony. See http://ordinarymag.blogspot.com/2012/02/us-state-department-helps-ship-auction.html
But, if so, perhaps it's not really about conservation, but control, as far as the archaeological community is concerned.
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US State Department Helps Ship Auction House Jobs to China
The time was that Sotheby's and Christies did a lot of auction business involving ancient and modern Chinese art. These started as historic UK companies, but now they have large establishments in NY. Now, however, Chinese auction houses have begun to dominate the trade in part due to the monopoly afforded them in sales of Chinese artifacts by both the Chinese and US Governments. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15933291
Isn't this more evidence that the State Department's MOU with China has done little but helped Chinese auction houses monopolize the trade in ancient art?
Isn't this more evidence that the State Department's MOU with China has done little but helped Chinese auction houses monopolize the trade in ancient art?
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