Returning lost artifacts – a boon or a bane?

03/03/2025 14 min Temporada 9 Episodio 313
Returning lost artifacts – a boon or a bane?

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Returning stolen or lost items back to their rightful owners is naturally the right thing to do. But what happens if the receiver does not have the capacity to accept the objects? That’s the issue Cambodia’s national museum is facing as the country’s stolen statues are coming home to an overflowing museum. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find out more from Dr Karin Oen, Director, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore. She's also Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Art History, NTU School of HumanitiesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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