Antiquities Theft Task Force
2022-07-19 00:08:42.887417+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Fantastic read. Inside the Mind-Boggling World of the New York Antiquities Theft Task Force. Too many juicy pull quotes to narrow it down, but...
When people said, "Oh, wow, it's so great, the Louvre Abu Dhabi. It’s so amazing that they're bringing culture to the people." And my first thought was, no, that's just another market. You know how the Getty was first founded? In the ‘60s, they had to acquire quickly to catch up because everyone else—well, they wanted to be a major world player. But all these major world museums had been in business hundreds of years. So in order to catch up—I mean, it's well documented—they had to cut a lot of corners, right? Well, I don't know why people think the Louvre Abu Dhabi would be any different. They’ve got to catch up.