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Furthermore, in ancient civilizations such as India and China, some spoils of war and colonialism purloined a century or two ago by invaders have gradually come to be considered the legitimate property of whoever possesses them. Many international dealers and auction houses argue that Asia's turbulent history makes it simply impossible for them to track the chain of ownership. But He, from Beijing-based Cultural Heritage Watch, says dealers aren't trying hard enough and adds, "Can you imagine a Renoir suddenly appearing on the international market without any history of where it came from? It's outrageous that...
Nevertheless, isolated victories do occur, as in the case of some of the figurines looted from Empress Dou's tomb. By February 2002, the Xi'an police had caught Wang Cangyan, a local dealer who oversaw the shipment of dozens of Empress Dou's figurines to Hong Kong, sneaking them through customs checkpoints by hiding them inside a truckload of new ceramics. Wang told the Xi'an police the name of a Hong Kong shop to which he had sold 32 statuettes...
...that specialize in fakes, Hong Kong's Hollywood Road is a key Asian transit point for stolen Chinese antiquities. The rarest items are seldom displayed. "If someone walks in off the street and asks to see some real antiques, I'll probably show them fakes," says a Hollywood Road dealer who declines to be named. "But if they come in knowing exactly what they want and they know what the market rate is, I'll bring in the real things from my warehouse." In 2001, this dealer--who was busted a few years ago for selling an illicit item that...
...Wang Cangyan, the dealer who had arranged the smuggling of the 32 figurines to Hong Kong, there has been plenty of trouble. He is currently serving a jail sentence, albeit significantly reduced to two years in return for his cooperation with the authorities. As for the Hong Kong gallery that bought the figurines from Wang: it was allowed to return them quietly to the mainland in exchange for keeping its identity secret...
...play by John Guare, may nowadays be better known from its 1993 movie incarnation, but it visited the Loeb Ex last weekend in its original form. The play tells the story of Paul, a young black man who stumbles into the living room of wealthy New York art dealer Flan and his wife Ouisa. Paul, who tells Flan and Ouisa that he is the son of the famous actor Sidney Poitier and that he goes to Harvard with their children, surprises the couple with his excellent cooking and knowledge of art and literature. After they invite Paul to spend...