Archive for March, 2006

NYT, Met Sing to Collectors: Elizabeth Stone I/V

Opinion – Suzan Mazur

Hungry for love after a trouncing on these pages by antiquities whistleblower Oscar Muscarella, New York Times chief art critic Michael Kimmelman and Metropolitan Museum of Art director Philippe de Montebello took their “Who Owns Art” show last week to …
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Suzan Mazur: The Euphronios C Douglas Dillon Nexus

Article – Suzan Mazur

Metropolitan Museum director Philippe de Montebello now refers to it as an “impropriety”. He seems to believe that the “grand acquisitors” are off the hook following the Met signing an agreement with Italy regarding title transfer back to Italy of the Euphronios …
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Was NY Met-Italy Deal A Bloomberg-Berlusconi Pact?

Opinion – Suzan Mazur

It’s privately gated – Tucker’s Town, Bermuda. Who comes and goes is not public information. But that they’ve talked antiquities, maybe even had a serious dinner conversation over she-crab soup and mako shark while sketching out possible title transfer of …
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