I am reading Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World by Sharon Waxman. With cultural property a hot topic not only for museums but for anyone interested in the origins and journeys of objects of art, the book is a...
Dr. Melissa Chiu is director of the Asia Society Museum in New York and vice president of the society's global arts programming. Chiu is also a visiting professor at the CUNY Graduate School.
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Sharon Waxman is the author of the recently-released book Loot, an award-winning journalist, and a former correspondent for The New York Times. Waxman is the editor-in-chief of her blog, Waxword, and is preparing the launch of a new online news network covering entertainment, The Wrap News, in January 2009. Her current book, Loot: The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World, will be published by Times Books in November 2008.
In an excerpt from her new book Loot: The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World, the author explores the seamy underworld of stolen antiquities.
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