Research and restitution: the National Gallery of Australia’s repatriation of a sculpture from the Buddhist site of Chandavaram

In 2016, the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) returned a 3rd-century stone panel to India. Titled Worshippers of the Buddha, the panel was bought in 2005 for US$595,000 from New York art dealer Subhash Kapoor. Arrested in 2011 and extradited to India, Kapoor has been linked to a pattern of illega...

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Main Authors: Robert Arlt, Lucie Folan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Forum Kunst und Markt 2018-05-01
Series:Journal for Art Market Studies
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Online Access:https://fokum-jams.org/index.php/jams/article/view/43