Like the doll Karen Black had to face.
Posted on 11/22/2018 4:42:42 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
The “art” probably came with a curse. Getting rid of them might help. France has been on a downward trajectory for a century.
“European conservationists have also raised practical concerns, worrying artefacts could be stolen or handled improperly if given to inexperienced museums in politically unstable countries.”
Hmm. So these elite Euros think that the Africans can’t take care of their own artwork. How gauche and UN-PC. Shades of Kipling’s “White man’s burden”.
Like the doll Karen Black had to face.
I agree. Ugliest stuff ever.
Good find! ...That was really a creepy episode.
The Elgin Marbles being the most sought after. I could NEVER support returning the plundered marbles .... along with treasures from scores of unstable governments.
Great treasures are STILL in danger of being plundered.
It’s not fair ... but better than losing heart forever.
A lot of the stuff being sold today as “African art” is actually made in China.
Or Indonesia… esp. wood carvings.
Preserved only to be sent where they will disappear into warlord (or their ilk) homes and/or be trashed.
I had one in the front yard of an old house we bought years ago. The paint had mostly faded but you could tell he was Caucasian by the shape of the face. The concrete eventually crumbled on the arms so that his hands were the rebar sticking out. When I drove by a year after we sold the house, he was still there so I guess the new owners liked him too.
Or just badly handled...witness the recent bungled attempt by an Egyptian museum to restore a damaged mummy. They finally had to call in the European experts to “fix” it right...and even after all that, it’s still “damaged”.
And then there’s the recent disaster in Brazil, with an entire museum going up in flames.
Sooo... just another shakedown attempt along the lines of “shame and collect”.
They will all mostly be destroyed or stolen within 5 years. Either by the corrupt government themselves, or the incompetent government allowing it to happen.
Well, the Elgin Marbles perhaps. Would you want to see them returned to Greece? I wouldn’t/. The is a good chance they would be destroyed. How about the massive amounts of Egyptian antiquities stolen by lots of people. I would not wAnt them returned to Egypt.
Just look at what the Muslims have done to Syria’s heritage in the last few years. They turned it to dust since they are so easily offended due to Mohammed restrictions.
BTW, George Clooney wife is in charge of wresting the Elgin Marbles from Britain ... even though Greece is terribly unstable. Absolutely priceless!!! She willl get them as she is so popular these days. What a travesty!!!
The exception being Alexandria. But that was a Greek city.
I agree completely. Returning all those artifacts would lead to no good. Destruction or theft and black market sales.
Like I said, it’s just another vehicle to scam money out of the cultured Western nations.
Well, Frasier?
Dang, I couldn’t find the clip I wanted from “Deconstructing Harry”. Disappointing, probably not surprising.
The clip was deconstructed? :-))
No
It’ll be lost in the morass of kleptocrats and cannibals with fancy uniforms
This really is something whites do better
Preserving art and antiquities
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