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Art, plunder, fragile fault lines

Aujla, Mandip

The Lancet (British edition), 2024-05, Vol.403 (10439), p.1844-1845 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Art, plunder, fragile fault lines
Autor: Aujla, Mandip
Assuntos: African art ; Art exhibits ; Art galleries & museums ; COVID-19 - epidemiology ; Earthquakes ; Fault lines ; Humans ; Museums ; Novels ; Precious stones ; Sculpture ; Theft ; Vendors
É parte de: The Lancet (British edition), 2024-05, Vol.403 (10439), p.1844-1845
Descrição: In Every Day is for the Thief, Teju Cole's 2007 novella, the unnamed narrator returns to Lagos, Nigeria, after 15 years in Europe and the USA and visits the National Museum, having been inspired by Nigerian art exhibitions at the US Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and Germany's Museum für Völkerkunde. Disappointed at the meagre collection at home, he laments “I had hoped to see the best of the Ife bronzes, the fine Benin brass plaques and figures, Nok terracottas, the roped vessels of Igbo-Ukwu, the art for which Nigeria is justly admired in academies and museums the world over.” British Museum officials launched an investigation into the theft of its artefacts after discovering that stolen items, comprising of gold jewellery, semi-precious stones and glass valued at up to £50,000, were being sold on eBay for as little as £40. [...]it delivers a stream of thoughts and ideas (reading like an essay at times and other times a diary), interspersed with slices of life, always moving with erudition across time, space, and voice.
Editor: England: Elsevier Ltd
Idioma: Inglês

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