How did the statue end up in a private collection? The statue is said to belong to the Dansatil temple (གདན་ས་མཐིལ་) in Tsethang. I doubted the monks sold this. Don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to surmise this must be stolen. #Tibet #NHRCampaign #Buddhism Erin L. Thompson

“This article challenges accepted traditions of dating and approach that dominate the field of Himalayan and Tibetan art history, itself a marginalised subject of study in Western art history, despite its central role in the story of Eurasian art.” #Tibet courtauld.ac.uk/research/resea…

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies

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This is Minik.

It’s 1897, and in this photo, he’s around 7 years old.

But little does he know -

His life will soon tragically take a turn for the worse, all because of a North Pole explorer and a New York City museum.

A story:

The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press theguardian.com/media/2023/mar…

So particpation in museums can be a bit tricky, right... ? Join us in loosening the difficulty, hopefully with a variety of different orientations (ideological, affective, relational, material, ontological).

Two different worlds

#SuperBowl

Remember when we called on the Victorian and Albert Museum to change a label that called a bloody massacre an “expedition”? They did! Let’s see what we make of the change (1/?)

News | Glasgow Life becomes first UK museum to repatriate objects to India – seven artefacts have been returned as part of a wider repatriation programme

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Archaeological Survey of India

I got… real mad, and real snarky, about a new publication extolling a collector of sacred art from Tibet: hyperallergic.com/788300/sex-tou…

Our special issue dedicated to the fantastic Integrated Objects conference by PGRs Institute for Cultural Practices School of Arts, Languages and Culture lasts June has now been published. Great insights and articles by Florrie Badley Katy Jackson and Paul Knowles.
Read it here and enjoy!!
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Don't wanna watch the colonial glorifying blue people movie? Check out these sci-fi films by actual Indigenous people telling our own stories instead. 🧵

Watching Morocco slowly demolish their former colonisers has been a joy to watch. Can’t wait to see them wipe the floor with France on Wednesday. 🇲🇦💪🏼 #FIFAWorldCup

Morocco's Sofiane Boufal celebrating with his mother is EVERYTHING.

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I am so very proud to announce the launch of our storybook titled 'Pema and the Stolen Statue from Dolpa' on 3 Dec 2022 in Kathmandu Taragaon next, followed by an exhibition of amazing Dolpa artists - for more info see stolenstatues.com #returnthegods #repatriation #Dolpa

This is my villain origin story.

Are you waiting for a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT? Well, I've got one for you...tomorrow. Here's a tease.
Journal of Tibetan Literature

After successful festivals in Zurich, Berlin and Dharamsala, we're proud and excited to bring you the programme details for the #London edition of the #TibetFilmFestival taking place 22-23 November Genesis Cinema 🎬

Overview here: genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.…

Here are the 311 #Tibet files that have been made available: archives.ungeneva.org/informationobj…