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- Title
Return of the Past: The Challenges of Oceanian Art's Restitution in Today's Art World.
- Authors
Langlais, Pandora
- Abstract
The idea of systematically returning art and artifacts, allegedly or proved to have been obtained through colonial looting and illicit trafficking, to their country of origin, has been heavily debated recently. As a previously colonized continent, Oceania is confronted with this challenging problem, also experienced by others ex-colonies. With a complex background, very divided opinions from scholars, activists and professionals in the art world (either from museums and the art market), looted Oceanian art has been returned only recently during the past twenty years to the local communities they were stolen from more than two centuries ago. But why have some institutions not been in favor of restitutions? What are the historical reasons behind today's issues? What challenges are faced by the return of these artworks to their country of origin, as compared with other countries, and how could this problem be solved? The goal of this research is to study the context and specificities of the sensitive issue of looted Oceanian art, a subject which has been studied only recently and, thus, still raises many issues and controversies nowadays -- including from a legal point of view.
- Subjects
PACIFIC Island art; PROTECTION of cultural property; ART thefts
- Publication
Journal of Art Crime, 2021, p83
- ISSN
1947-5934
- Publication type
Article