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| NYHETER 2007 Turkish Daily News Sunday, 24 December, 2007 THE BRITISH MUSEUM SAYS 'NO' TO GREECE, AGAIN By Ariana FERENTINOU It was a spectacular sight by all accounts. A huge mass of marble covered with protective white material was raised from the top of one of the most well known rock tops in the world, the rock of Akropolis, some 165 meters above sea level, and was gently lowered down a few hundred meters away, at the entrance of the newly inaugurated Museum of Acropolis. With all Museum officials, politicians and TV cameras watching, that gentle operation by an intricate system of enormous aerial cranes was the first of a series of delicate removing jobs of the fragile statutes of Parthenon to their new house. A much delayed and complicated project which was finally completed this year. Läs artikeln >> AFRICANET Sunday, 23 December 2007 RETURNED STOLEN/LOOTED ART DISPLAYED BY ITALY A LESSON FOR AFRICAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES? Written by Dr. Kwame Opoku The Italian authorities have opened a spectacular exhibition in the Presidential Palace, the Quirinal, in Rome, running from 21 December until 2 March, 2008, with free admission except on Sundays. The exhibition, entitled “Nostoi: Returned Masterpieces” (“Nostoi: Capolavori Ritrovati”) displays 68 cultural artefacts which had been stolen/looted from Italy and were kept in the United States. The title is an allusion to a lost epic poem recounting the return of heroes from the Trojan War. The exhibition placards indicate also the sources of these returned items and thus underline the efforts made by Italy to recover these items: "Marble statue of Vibia Sabina, second century A.D. formerly Museum of Fine Arts, Boston". Läs artikeln >> KATHIMERINI December 18, 2007 Early peak at Acropolis Museum A section of the New Acropolis Museum will open to the public from Friday until Easter time to give people a first glimpse of the artifacts that will go on permanent display in the building, it was revealed yesterday. The ground floor of the museum will be open for two hours every day over the next few months to allow visitors to see the antiquities that were discovered during the construction of the impressive building. Läs artikeln >> EARTHTIMES December 17, 2007 Greece calls for return of disputed Parthenon Marbles from Britain Author : DPA Athens - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis renewed Greek calls Monday for the return of the Parthenon or Elgin Marbles to Athens during his tour of the new Acropolis Museum. "The new Acropolis Mueum above all reminds us of the duty to reunify the Parthenon Museum," said Karamanlis as he toured the new museum during a massive operation to transfer the antiquities from the old museum on the Acropolis to the new venue as it neared completion. Läs artikeln >> The Peninsula - Qatar December 9, 2007 Acropolis statues moving to new home Source ::: AFP athens • The best-known statues from the Athens Acropolis, the Caryatids that once adorned the Erechtheion temple, began their journey yesterday to a new museum, the Greek culture ministry said. The operation of transferring the five statues of young women that acted as pillars to the temple, with the help of three giant cranes, will take some two weeks, minister Michalis Liapis said. Läs artikeln >> THE GUARDIAN Monday December 3, 2007 ACROPOLIS NOW It was the biggest prize in architecture - and its creator took on earthquakes, hostile locals and 104 court cases. Jonathan Glancey reports from Athens on a momentous achievement It was a day unlike any other. Bernard Tschumi arrived at his office in New York's Chelsea Village to receive a phone call. This was the big one. The Swiss-American architect had won the greatest prize in architecture: the international competition to design the New Acropolis Museum in Athens. This was a job, surely, coveted by every A-list architect in the world. (Jonathan Glancey is one of the finest architectural writers in contemporary Britain.) Läs artikeln >> SVT - KUNSKAPSKANALEN 30 november 2007 TILLBAKA TILL AKROPOLIS Du som missade vårt seminarium då filmen "Tillbaka till Akropolis" visades, kan nu se den på SVT - Kunskapskanalen fredagen 30 november kl. 21.30. Filmen handlar om en svensk dam som lämnar tillbaka ett marmorfragment till grekerna. CHANNEL 4 November 24th, 2007 ACROPOLIS NOW Channel 4-program om Nya Akropolis Museet. Se filmen >> ATHENS NEWS AGENCY November 19th, 2007 Greek culture minister supports European agenda Greek Culture Minister Michalis Liapis on Friday said that Athens was in favour of creating a common European agenda for culture during his participation in a meeting of EU culture ministers held in Brussels. In an announcement issued after the meeting, Liapis stressed that culture should be among the priorities of the European Union and be the object of a coordinated and joint policy by the 27 EU member-states. Läs artikeln >> TIMES OF MALTA November 19th, 2007 Cultural heritage journalism Articles about cemetery, Elgin marbles win awards An article about the Addolorata Cemetery by journalist Julia Farrugia has been awarded the Silver Medal in this year's Cultural Heritage Journalist Awards. Ms Farrugia of Illum newspaper secured the prize with the story titled L-Akbar Belt f'Malta - described as a "charming and evocative study of the historic Addolorata Cemetery written in excellent Maltese" by Din l-Art Helwa, organisers of the event. [...] The second award, the Diploma, went to Lino Bugeja, a previous Silver Medal winner, for his article in The Sunday Times called The Elgin Marbles in Malta - An Outburst of Neo-classical Architecture in Early 19th Century Malta. Läs artikeln >> TIMES ONLINE From Sunday Times November 18, 2007 By Matthew Campbell A BITTER row in Athens over a new museum at the foot of the Parthenon has put some of Greece’s best known personalities at loggerheads and threatened to overshadow the building’s grand opening next year. At the centre of the storm is Vangelis Papathanassiou, the composer famous for his Oscar-winning score for Chariots of Fire, a film about British athletes training for the 1924 Olympics. His house is one of two buildings targeted for demolition because they spoil the view of the Acropolis from the museum’s restaurant. Last week he accused the government of "architectural terrorism". Läs artikeln >> TIME | BLOG November 6, 2007 A Quick Talk: With Neil MacGregor Posted by Richard Lacayo In London last week I sat down for a conversation with Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum. I had just paid a visit to the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, so this seemed like a good time to talk with him about the Elgin Marbles, which the Greeks want back, and why he believes they should stay where they are. I'll post this exchange in several parts over the next few days. LACAYO: I'll start with the most basic question. Why should the Elgins be here, in London, and not there, in Athens? Läs bloginlägget >> A quick talk continues: Let's continue that conversation about the Elgin marbles with the director of the British Museum. LACAYO: Your museum has repeatedly taken the position that it will not discuss even the possibility of a temporary loan of some of the marbles unless the Greek authorities will acknowledge that the Trustees of the British Museum are their lawful owners. What if the Greeks were suddenly to surprise you and do just that? Would the museum then agree to enter into some kind of talks? Läs fortsättningen på bloggen >> LETTER in Museums Journal November 2007 Museums and morality I read Will Hutton's comment on museums and their obligations to their public (Museums Journal October 2007, p23) with great interest. Hutton boldly puts the question "what do publicly funded institutions do" to respond to the needs and expectations of their public. Hutton himself offers some pertinent answers in this excellent article, claiming very persuasively that, to respond to the desire for active participation, museums have to become more aware of citizens' ability to participate in the decisions over the use of their resources. A few years ago Anthony Mason, a former chief justice of the Australian high court, delivered a lecture on the ethical dilemmas for charities in which he examined another serious obligation of the museums as charities: "As charities depend for their continued existence on public support… they can ill-afford to ignore the pressures of moral claims. A failure on their part to recognise their moral obligations would contradict the very basis on which their existence depends and would tend to undermine the goodwill which is the foundation of their public support. "Likewise charities can ill-afford to oppose moral claims by justifying their retention of cultural works and objects on grounds which are unsustainable or lacking in persuasion." In today's international cultural climate this moral obligation has now become urgent. Eleni Cubitt, British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, London TIME | BLOG October 28, 2007 Looking Around | Reflections on art and architecture by TIME's critic Richard Lacayo The New Acropolis Museum I got a preview a few days ago of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens. Any building has to accomodate its site, and for some the site can be a very delicate matter. (You've heard of the World Trade Center, no?) But I can't think of another building where the site has dictated the design as much as this one, and where the building has responded so adroitly. Then again, it's hard to think of a site that compares to this one in importance. Läs bloginlägget, även bilder från Nya Akropolismuseet >> October 2007 GIVE US YOUR MARBLES By DAVID HILL, Chairman of the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures Later this year Athens will see the opening of the magnificent new Acropolis Museum, arguably one of the most significant buildings to be built in the city for the past two thousand years. The Museum, which is located below the south east corner of the Acropolis, will house all the surviving ancient artifacts from the Acropolis - including the sculptures of the Parthenon. Läs artikeln >> Sydney University Museums News Issue 13 October 2007 Who owns the marbles? The debate hits Sydney The Parthenon in Athens is one of the world’s most famous and instantly recognisable buildings. It is an iconic cultural symbol of the modern Greek state, and a reminder of a shared cultural heritage that reaches back to the 5th century BC; a defining period in the history of democracy, theatre, architecture, philosophy and more. Läs artikeln >> PARTHENON PROJECT The University of Sydney 2007 Läs om projektet >>
UNESCOS kulturarvskommitté förlägger sitt nästa möte, våren 2008, till Athen. Från och med årsskiftet övertar Grekland också ordförandeskapet i UNESCO-rådet. KATHIMERINI October 20, 2007 A CRANE TRANSFERRING A CRATE OF ANTIQUITIES FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM HELBI When, not if, the marbles return... The Acropolis is "missing the Marbles", was the headline of a story in the Christian Science Monitor by Nicole Itano, in a report on the beginning of a large-scale operation last week to move tons of antiquities from the Acropolis to the new museum at its foot. At 9 a.m. sharp last Sunday, a 2.3-ton marble sculpture was the first of 4,500 works of art that will be moved over the next three months. The new museum, however, will be better known for what is missing from it rather than for what it contains. :: Läs artikeln >> The SYDNEY MORNING HERALD October 20, 2007 30-YEAR CAMPAIGN FOR CHIPS OFF AN OLD BLOCK By Valerie Lawson THE verbs may vary - chiselled, chopped, pillaged - but the fact remains that more than 200 years ago, the English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Lord Elgin, used the Royal Navy to transport marble sculptures from the Parthenon to England, where they were sold in 1816 to the British Museum. Now, with the vast restoration of the Parthenon nearing completion, along with a new Acropolis Museum due to open next year, the time has come for the Elgin marbles, as they are known in England, to go home. But don't call them the "Elgin marbles" any more. To Maria Ioannidou, the director of the Greek Government's Acropolis Restoration Service, they are simply the "Parthenon sculptures", and they must be returned to Greece. :: Läs artikeln >> ATHENS NEWS AGENCY October 19, 2007 PAPOULIAS ADDRESSES UNESCO CON'F IN PARIS Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Thursday addressed the 34th UNESCO conference in Paris, where he emphasised the global fight against ignorance through education, while he also touched on the areas of culture, science, migration and protection of the environment. He also referred to the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum to Athens, referring to a "life-long goal" of late Greek culture minister Melina Mercouri. :: Läs artikeln >> GUARDIAN UNLIMITED Tuesday October 16, 2007 SHOULD LONDON FINALLY LOSE THE PARTHENON MARBLES? A blog by Helena Smith A specially designed museum in Athens has reawakened the debate over the Acropolis sculptures. But will this be its final phase? The days when the Greeks played hardball with the British Museum over the Parthenon marbles ended long ago. Today, it is with an air of conciliation and collaboration that they approach Europe's longest running cultural row. In fact, for the contemporary Greek lobby, actions now speak much louder than words. :: Läs hela bloginlägget >> THE GUARDIAN Tuesday October 16, 2007 SHOULD WE GIVE THE PARTHENON MARBLES BACK? By Stephen Moss If only we'd listened to Byron, what a lot of trouble over the Elgin/Parthenon marbles would have been saved. "Dull is the eye that will not weep to see/Thy walls defaced, thy mouldering shrines removed/By British hands ..." he wrote in Childe Harold. Two centuries on, the Parthenonites are still weeping, the Elginites still clinging on to the sculptures that Lord Elgin took from the Parthenon in the first decade of the 19th century. :: Läs hela artikeln >> SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL October 15, 2007 ANTIQUITIES IN MOTION Athens Makes Room (and Another Request) for Acropolis Marbles Huge cranes began moving antiquities off Athens' Acropolis down to a new museum built to hold them at the base of the citadel. In a not-so-subtle challenge to London, space has been set aside for the Parthenon marbles still held by the British Museum. Ancient sculptures began making their way down from Athens' Acropolis via a series of cranes to a new museum built specifically to hold them and the so-called Elgin Marbles, housed in the British Museum. The only problem now is to get the museum in London to give the treasures back. :: Läs hela artikeln >> THE GUARDIAN Monday October 15, 2007 CAMPAIGN FOR RETURN OF ELGIN MARBLES RECEIVES HISTORIC PROPAGANDA BOOST By Helena Smith in Athens A collective gasp filled the air early yesterday as a blue crate containing a 2.5-tonne slab of marble universally viewed as one of the most important works of antiquity, was hoisted by a giant crane from the Acropolis. For those who had come to watch, this was history in the making, the first sculpture to officially leave the ancient citadel since Phidias carved the artworks, 2,500 years ago. :: Läs hela artikeln >> FLYTTEN AV ARTEFAKTER FRÅN AKROPOLISKLIPPAN PÅBÖRJAD Söndagen den 14 oktober inleddes den stora flytten av antikens skulpturer från Akropolis till det Nya Akropolis Museet. Arbetet startade med att en av friserna från Parthenontemplet höjdes mot skyarna med hjälp av en jättekran för att sedan föras vidare ner mot det nya museet med hjälp av ytterligare två kranar. Frisen hade innan dess skyddats med ett hölje i metall. Dess vikt uppgår till 2,3 ton. Med största försiktighet kommer sedan mängder av antika skulpturer att genomföra samma "resa" ner mot målet - Nya Akropolis Museet. En "tekniskt mycket besvärlig" insats enligt kulturministern Michalis Liapis. Arbetet beräknas pågå under 10 veckor. October 11, 2007 PRESS CONFERENCE BY MICHALIS LIAPIS MINISTER OF CULTURE Subject: Outdoor transfer of Artefacts from the old to the New Acropolis Museum :: Läs pressmeddelandet >> THE GUARDIAN TREASURES MOVING TO NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM Tuesday October 9, 2007 By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press Writer ATHENS, Greece (AP) - One of Greece's most modern buildings is about to become home to some of the country's most treasured antiquities. In a painstaking operation set to start Sunday, more than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artifacts will be eased off the Acropolis and transported by a series of three cranes to the glass-and-concrete structure near the foot of the ancient hill. The operation is expected to take 10 months. "It's going to be like a ... ballet of cranes - or like James Bond," Bernard Tschumi, the award-winning architect who designed the museum, told The Associated Press. :: Läs hela artikeln >> Enet - GREECE October 08 2007 "This is not a Museum, this is an argument for the Marbles" "The New Acropolis Museum is the best argument for the return of the Parthenon Marbles", declared the chairman of the International Association for the Reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures, David Hill, after his meeting with the Minister of Culture last Friday. And because he had already visited the Museum and had admired its enormous spaces, he added: "We are impressed by the new Museum. We are also encouraged by the statements of the minister, as soon as he undertook his duties, for the necessity of return of Marbles and their display in the new Museum ". :: Läs hela artikeln >> THE WASHINGTON POST October 07 2007 GREEKS GO FOR ALL THE MARBLES IN EFFORT TO GET BACK ARTIFACTS A New Museum's Goal: To Press the British to Return Parthenon Sculptures By Philip Kennicott Washington Post Staff Writer ATHENS -- On Saturday, huge cranes will begin lifting ancient statues, carvings and architectural fragments off the Acropolis, down to a new museum built at the base of the most famous citadel in the world. For the vast majority of these stone remnants of the great age of Athens, it will be the first time they have ever left this rocky summit. :: Läs hela artikeln >> INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE CAMPAIGNER URGES GREECE TO FIGHT FOR MARBLES FOR NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM The Associated Press October 05, 2007 ATHENS, Greece: Greece should use the opening of its new Acropolis museum to ratchet up the pressure on Britain for the permanent return of the Parthenon Marbles to their homeland, the head of an international campaign said Friday. :: Läs hela artikeln >> ATHENS NEWS AGENCY September 25 2007 NEW ACROPOLIS MUSEUM TO OPEN IN STAGES IN 2008 The transfer of artifacts from the old Acropolis Museum -- which stands atop the historic hill itself -- to the new ultra-modern and spacious museum will begin on Oct.14, Greek Culture Minister Michalis Liapis announced on Monday during a tour of the under-construction new venue, which is in the final stages of completion. The transfer is expected to take three months, as the new museum will be opened to visitors in stages -- beginning in early 2008 -- and starting with the third floor. It will be fully open to the public after roughly one year, the minister added. :: Läs hela artikeln >> int.iol.co.za (South Africa) September 24 2007 RETURN OUR RELICS, SAYS GREEK MINISTER Athens - Greece's new culture minister Michalis Liapis on Monday cited a "historic debt" to reclaim the renowned Parthenon Marbles removed on the orders of a 19th century British ambassador. "Now is the time for all of us, political leaders above all, to increase pressure for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum," Liapis told reporters during a visit to Athens' new Acropolis Museum, expected to open next year. "Only then can we say that our historic debt will be settled," he said. :: Läs artikeln >> INDIANA STATESMAN Section: Opinion Indiana State University September 19th 2007 ARTIFACT REPATRIATION IS LONG OVERDUE By Petra Hendrickson Yale University announced yesterday that it would indeed return over 4,000 pieces of Incan history to the South American country of Peru, a British Broadcasting Corporation story reported. I was happy when I read this story. Sure, previous attempts at negotiating this same return have failed in the past, but they've succeeded this time, and there's something to be said for that. [...] Britain and Greece have been arguing about the Elgin Marbles (a decidedly Greek piece of history) for years (the BBC Web site has stories on the tussle off and on for the entire duration of its archive, which means surely it's been going on for longer), and no resolution has been reached on that one. Britain's main line of argumentation, I believe, is that it has them, not Greece, so there. :: Läs artikeln >> YALE UNIVERSITY September 17th 2007 YALE AND PERU REACH PACT ON ARTIFACTS By Scott Jaschik Yale University has agreed that its extensive collections of artifacts taken from Machu Picchu almost a century ago are in fact the property of Peru and that many of them should return to that country. The agreement, which extends beyond the artifacts in dispute, promotes the idea of research collaboration between Yale and Peru and ends a bitter legal dispute over a prized collection. Archaeologists, other anthropologists, and college museum directors - who have been closely watching the negotiations - applauded the outcome. Several said that it could be a new model for resolving such disputes. :: Läs artikeln >> BBC News September 12th 2007 Fear and fury among the the Marbles By Trevor Timpson BBC News The Elgin Marbles in the British Museum are marvellous - but they're a bit, well, colourless, aren't they? That isn't how it was for the ancient Greeks. The sculptures were painted in vivid colour. High up on the sides of the Parthenon temple in Athens, they had to be. Now a new film on permanent show in the room next to the Marbles adds the colour - and the fear and the violence. :: Läs hela artikeln och se bilder >> Economist.com August 11th 2007 Sending them home Returning treasures Are museums losing their grip? [...] Will the deal between the Getty Museum and the Italian government have any effect on the case of the Elgin marbles? :: Läs artikel >> WASHINGTON POST By ELENA BECATOROS The Associated Press Thursday, August 2, 2007 Art Deco Gem in Athens Faces Demolition ATHENS, Greece -- A reflection of the Parthenon shimmers from the windows of Greece's new Acropolis Museum in a convergence of antiquity and modern architecture. But from inside the glass and concrete museum, the view of the Parthenon is ruined by two buildings, and a plan to demolish them has opened a fierce debate about sacrificing Greece's modern treasures to showcase its ancient history. :: Läs artikel >> INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Published: July 12, 2007 Greece packs up ancient statues for new Acropolis museum ATHENS, Greece: Many of Greece's most valued ancient statues are wearing chains and padded vests, ready for a rare outing. Culture Ministry officials demonstrated Thursday how more than 300 statues from the Acropolis are being packed for a move this autumn to a new museum being built at the bottom of the hill. Nathalie Rendevski Savaricas, AFP contributed to this article. :: Läs artikeln i sin helhet >> ATHENS NEWS Published: June 25, 2007 Fragment of ancient marble returned A fragment of an ancient Greek marble relief was returned to Greece on Thursday by a Danish family that had owned it for over a century. Carsten Dahl had contacted the Greek Ambassador in Denmark last April on his own initiative, informing him of the fragment's existence, because he believed that "antiquities should return to their country of origin." The fragment was from a 4th century B.C. Attica carved relief shaped like a small temple that portrayed the goddess Athena. It had been given to the Dahl family in 1897 by a Danish writer and war correspondent working in Greece at the time. :: Läs artikeln i sin helhet >> INTERNATIONAL Herald Tribune - EUROPE Published: June 14, 2007 Greece recovers stolen ancient statue from Switzerland ATHENS, Greece: Greek authorities on Wednesday took delivery of a 1,900 year-old statue, stolen 16 years ago and recently discovered in the collection of an antiquities dealer in Switzerland. Recovery of the headless marble sculpture is part of an aggressive Greek campaign to repatriate illegally exported antiquities and seek the return of the Parthenon sculptures — also called the Elgin Marbles — from the British Museum in London. :: Läs artikeln i sin helhet >> MINISTRY OF CULTURE Press office Athens 14 June 2007 The Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation met for its 14th session in Paris on 5 and 6 June. A most important Recommendation was adopted by the Committee during this session. Thus, according by its Recommendation No 5, the Committee decided that within 2008 an International Conference be held in Greece under the auspices of UNESCO on the return of cultural property to its countries of origin. By committing to this purpose the sum of 50,000 euros, thus emphasising the special importance that it attaches to the work of the Committee, Greece stresses its increased sensitivity on issues related to the illegal traffic of cultural goods and their return to their countries of origin. The aforementioned Recommendation, proposed by Greece, was unanimously adopted by all the member-states of the Committee. The Recommendation even includes the expression of thanks by the Committee to Greece for its financial contribution to the project. UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR PROMOTING THE RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY TO ITS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OR ITS RESTITUTION IN CASE OF ILLICIT APPROPRIATION Fourteenth Session 5-6 June, 2007, Paris Recommendation No. 1 The Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in case of illicit Appropriation, Expressing its continuing concern for a resolution to the issue of the Parthenon Marbles, Acknowledging past UNESCO recommendations on this matter, 1. Takes note of the meeting between the Hellenic and British Ministries of Culture, together with observers from UNESCO and the British Museum, on 4 May 2007 and of the development of a solid and cordial basis for discussions. 2. Acknowledges the good progress in the construction of the new Acropolis Museum, wherein it will be possible for the Parthenon Marbles to be exhibited in direct visual contact with the monument. 3. Thanks the Director-General for facilitating discussions between the Parties which have led to the development of valuable relationships. 4. Invites the Director-General to assist in convening necessary meetings between Greece and the UK with the aim of reaching a mutually acceptable solution towards the effective resolution of the issue of the Parthenon Marbles. timesonline.com May 31, 2007 Greek treasures get a lift to their new home Hundreds of marble sculptures that have survived heat, pollution and looters on the Acropolis in Athens will be swung over the city, using special cranes, to a new museum complex. The sculptures, some weighing 2.5 tonnes, will be transferred in a relay operation to a purpose-built glass home at the foot of the hill in September. :: Läs artikeln i sin helhet >> The GUARDIAN/COMMENT IS FREE May 29, 2007 The world needs new histories Neil MacGregor explained his vision for the British Museum to a Hay audience - and we should change the way we see the institution ourselves. There's an easy - and lazy - tradition of thinking about the British Museum. It casts the museum, in spite or because of all its glories, as the quintessential imperial institution, looting the world and acquiring the trophies of global power for the glorification of Britain. It feeds into a generally guilt-driven view of the Bloomsbury museum and the belief that almost everything within it, from the Elgin marbles downwards, is illegitimately possessed and ought to be "returned". By Martin Kettle :: Läs artikeln i sin helhet >> Businessdayonline.com May 25, 2007 ICOM calls for repatriation of cultural properties abroad The International Council of Museum (ICOM) has called for the repatriation of African cultural properties in foreign museums. By Obinna Emelike and Priscilla Olakunle The call was made by Violetta Ekpo, Nigerian representative to the Paris-based ICOM, in her lecture titled: Museums and Universal Heritage: The right to ownership, which was part of the activities marking the World Museums Day, organised by the Centre for Black and African Arts & Civilization (CBAAC) recently at the National Theatre, Lagos. Ekpo said that the need for the repatriation of the antiquities was informed by the fact that most African cultural materials in foreign museums were acquired through illegal means. :: Läs artikeln >> NEW ZEALAND May 25, 2007 A MOTION PASSED IN THE NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY URGING THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO RETURN/REUNITE THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES The text of the motion as put to House was: - "....this House joins its voice to that of other countries throughout the world and urges the British Government to support the return of the Parthenon (Elgin) marbles to Greece, stressing the need for the collections of marbles in different locations to be reunited so the world can see them in their originl context in relation to the Temple of Parthenon as an act of respect to one of the most significant monuments of western heritage." The motion was agreed to. KOSMOS/SVENSKA PARTHENONKOMMITTÉN May 22, 2007 THE KARAMANLIS GOVERNMENT AND THE RETURN OF THE PARTHENON SCULPTURES The current visit of the Greek Prime Minister, Costas Karamanlis, to Australia is a timely reminder that the Greek Government has strongly embraced the age-old issue of the return of the Elgin collection of Parthenon Sculptures currently on display at the British Museum in London. By George Vardas Secretary of the Australian Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles :: Läs artikeln >> BLOOMBERG May 22, 2007 MacGregor Sees Global Role for British Museum -- What is the British Museum for? The answer might seem obvious, though it is an important question because there are forces working to dismantle great collections of artifacts from around the world. It is after all, an 18th century institution. So I asked the BM's director, Neil MacGregor, why we need an museum like this in the 21st century. By Martin Gayford :: Läs artikeln >> Your World 22 May, 2007 Australian politician backs Greek battle for friezes SYDNEY, Australia -- A senior Australian politician Tuesday backed Greece in its battle to force Britain to return the Elgin Marbles, priceless ancient Greek friezes held by the British Museum. During the first ever visit to Australia by a Greek head of government, New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma told Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis that it was time for London to relinquish the relics, also known as the Parthenon Marbles. Iemma drew a parallel with the recent return by another London museum of the 19th century remains of a group of Tasmanian Aborigines. :: Läs artikeln >> Travel Indepentent 20 May 2007 Philippe de Montebello: Beauty and the eye of the beholder What makes a great museum? The collections within it, says Philippe de Montebello. He should know, he's been director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for the past 30 years. Interview by Elizabeth Heathcote :: Läs artikeln >> University of California at San-Diego May 14, 2007 Little Hope Remains For Carted-Off antiquities By Megan Durham :: Läs artikeln >> The Observer 2007, Sunday May 13 Game on again to win the marbles back? Also troubling Greeks is the question over what the departure of Tony Blair would mean for the long-running battle to reclaim the Elgin - oops, Parthenon - marbles from the British Museum. In the corridors of the Greek Culture Ministry, officials are whispering that a new broom in Downing Street may help their cause. The British PM's departure comes only months away from the opening of the long-awaited and, may I add, resplendent, New Acropolis Museum at the foot of the holy hill. The £93m, three-storey behemoth will put 'irresistible' pressure on Gordon Brown to give back the marbles, campaigners say. 'I am sure that the construction of the museum will provide a new, very powerful argument,' said the Greek Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis." By Helena Smith :: Läs hela artikeln >> TIMES COLUMNS May 13, 2007 Elgin's veils By Peter Stothard, Times Literary Supplement :: Läs artikeln >> TIMES COLUMNS May 11, 2007 Maidens of the air (Om Nya Akropolismuseet) By Peter Stothard, Times Literary Supplement :: Läs artikeln >> MEDELHAVSMUSEET 2007, 10 maj Direktören för uppförandet av Nya Akropolismuseet, professor Dimitrios Pandermalis, besöker Stockholm. I samband med besöket föreläser han på Medelhavsmuseet den 10 maj, kl. 18.00. :: Läs Inbjudan >> BBC 2007, May 1 Nyhetsinslag från BBC om Parthenonskulpturerna. :: Se filmen >> BRITISH MUSEUM 2007, 21 april PARTHENON SCULPTURES In the light of recent statements from the Greek Embassy in London and in order to avoid misunderstanding, the Trustees of the British Museum wish to restate their position on the Parthenon Sculptures in the Museum’s collection. :: Läs pressmeddelandet >> BBC NEWS 2007, 21 april TALKS DUE ON ELGIN MARBLES RETURN The sculptures could be loaned to a new museum in Athens. A lengthy dispute between Britain and Greece may move a step closer to a resolution when sides meet to discuss returning the Elgin Marbles to Athens. :: Läs artikeln >> news.com.au 2007, 20 april RETURN ELGIN MARBLES, UK told OPPOSITION Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith has moved to build Liberal connections with the multicultural community by calling for the Elgin Marbles to be returned to Greece. He has written to British Prime Minister Tony Blair for the marbles, currently in the British Museum, to be returned to their homeland. By Greg Kelton, State political reporter :: Läs artikeln >> KATHIMERINI, Greece's International English Language Newspaper 2007, 20 april PARTHENON MARBLES Greece to speak to British Museum next month about loan of artifacts Greek officials and representatives of the British Museum may discuss possibly loaning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece when they meet on May 4, Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis said yesterday. :: Läs artikeln >> SENSATIONELL NYHET! THE TIMES 2007, 19 april GREEKS COULD BE ALLOWED TO BORROW THE ELGIN MARBLES The British Museum has intimated that the Elgin Marbles could be lent to Athens. Neil MacGregor, its director, said that, like any object in its collection, a loan would be possible if the Greek Government acknowledged the museum's ownership of the sculptures. Article by Art Correspondent Dalya Alberge :: Läs artikeln >> THE GUARDIAN 2007, 19 april Director of British Museum, Neil MacGregor, bloggar på The Guardian. "The British Museum is still the repository of its founders' ideals of global community, rather than querulous nationhood." :: Läs bloginlägget >> THE GUARDIAN 2007, 19 april PARTHENON MARBLES ONE STEP CLOSER TO ACROPOLIS? "As more ancient treasures are returned to Greece, it seems the British Museum is losing its hold on its most famous disputed antiquities. Six Greek Golden Age utensils have been unveiled in the idyllic confines of Athens' ancient agora, thanks to the largesse of their former owner, the late and great classical historian Martin Robertson." Blog by Helena Smith :: Läs artikeln >> ATHENS NEWS AGENCY 2007, 19 april PRICELESS ARTIFACTS RETURNED TO ANCIENT AGORA "A poignant ceremony was held at the Ancient Athens Agora's Stoa of Attalus on Wednesday to mark the return of six priceless black-glazed ceremonial pottery pieces from the collection of eminent British scholar and philhellene Martin Robertson." :: Läs artikeln >> TELEGRAPH 2007, 19 april ELGIN MARBLES COULD BE RETURNED TO GREECE There is a possibility that the Elgin Marbles will be sent back to Greece, according to the director of the British Museum. Article by Richard Holt :: Läs artikeln >> BLOOMBERG 2007, 17 april WILL THE ELGIN MARBLES EVER MAKE IT BACK TO ATHENS? "Is there the merest hint of movement in the world's most intractable restitution drama? That is, the issue of the Elgin -- or, if you prefer, Parthenon -- Marbles, which has flared up at intervals since Lord Elgin removed them from the Acropolis at Athens in the 19th century." By Martin Gayford :: Läs artikeln >> THE TIMES 2007, 31 mars SAGA OF THE 'STOLEN' GOLD WREATH COULD LOOSEN BRITISH HOLD ON ELGIN MARBLES The British Museum will face renewed pressure to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece after the J. Paul Getty Museum handed over an ancient gold wreath. Article by Ben Macintyre :: Läs artikeln >> THE GUARDIAN 2007, 30 mars GREECE TALKS TOUGH ON PARTHENON MARBLES Article by Helena Smith and John Hooper :: Läs artikeln >> ATHENS NEWS AGENCY 2007, 26 mars CEREMONI PÅ AKROPOLIS Vid en ceremoni i Aten den 26 mars 2007 förklarades Akropolis som det Europeiska Kulturarvets viktigaste monument. Närvarande vid ceremonin var bl.a. Greklands president Karolos Papoulias, Atens borgmästare Nikitas Kaklamanis, den grekiske kulturministern George Voulgarakis. Källa: Athens News Agency ÅRSMÖTE och TEMAEFTERMIDDAG 2007, 3 mars Den Svenska Parthenonkommittén håller årsmöte på Medelhavsmuseet lördagen den 3e mars 2007, kl.13.00. I anslutning till årsmötet anordnas en Temaeftermiddag i samarbete med Medelhavsmuseet. Föreläsningar, poesiuppläsning och filmvisning. Varmt välkomna! :: För fullständigt program >> THE ART NEWSPAPER 2007, 24 Februari Could the "Greenland example" help resolve the Parthenon Marbles dispute? Denmark has returned over 30,000 objects to its former colony in an unusual case of cooperative repatriation. Article by Martin Bailey :: Read the article > Här har du också möjlighet att göra ett eget inlägg i diskussionen. BBC News January 30th, 2007 Greek pupils demand Elgin Marbles Greek schoolchildren have demonstrated at the Acropolis in Athens to demand that the UK returns marble sculptures taken by Lord Elgin 200 years ago. Wearing orange jackets bearing campaign logos, about 2,000 pupils formed a human chain around the monument. :: Read the article >> BAROMETERN 2007, 5 januari LITEN STEN BLEV TILL STOR SAK Artikel av Annika Hellner :: Läs artikeln >> |
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