The Bowers Museum is one of the southern California museums under investigation by the federal government on suspicion of accepting looted antiquities. Its current exhibition, “Ancient Arts of China: A 5,000 Year Legacy,” reportedly includes 13 objects from a collection owned by Tei-Fu Chen and Oi-Lin Chen, who plead guilty in the 1990s to tax […]

UN peacekeeping forces repeatedly vandalized rock art at Lajuad in the Western Sahara, according to reports from UN officials. Many of the troops involved even “signed and dated their work.” The Times of London published photographs of the damaged artworks along with the article in its “entertainment” section. The BBC News article is accompanied by a map of the region.   German […]