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clients subhash kapoor the manhattan antiquities dealer now standing trial in india for selling stolen antiquities to museums around the world we have not got clinching evidence to prove his link with the international idol smuggler subhash kapoor one investigator told the times of india we can help the following document links dhayalan to kapoor and hints at the extensive business relationship they are believed to have had the document records dayalan s 2007 request for a payment of usd 11 400 from kapoor s nimbus import export through selva export one of the chennai export companies they used to transport artifacts it is still unclear whether that amount was paid what object s were purchased for the sum and where those objects are today but authorities have already identified dayalan as the source of one stolen kapoor object that has already been returned to india the art gallery of new south wales sculpture of ardhanarishvara whose origins we revealed in 2013 the agnsw purchased the sculpture for 300 000 after kapoor provided documents claiming it had left india in the 1970s but vijay kumar of the india pride project identified images that showed the sculpture in situ at the vriddhachalam temple at least four years after 1970 a subsequent police investigation concluded it had been stolen in 2002 by dayalan and replaced by a knockoff that villagers continued to worship dayalan is believed to have supplied kapoor with a number of objects from south india as michaela boland reported sunday in the australian dayalan is believed to have supplied kapoor with two other objects that landed in the national gallery of australia an 1800 year old limestone carving depicting a scene from the life of buddha and a 1000 year old stone goddess pratyangira purchased together from kapoor in 2005 for 1 5 million kapoor told the museum the sculpture of the buddha s life had been in a private japanese collection until 1999 but this photo found in kapoor s archives shows the unrestored sculpture above soon after it was stolen by thieves a similar tale emerges on the nga s pratyangira kapoor claimed it had been in the collection of selina mohamed his onetime girlfriend since 1990 but photos and records found in kapoor s files show the pratyangira was still in mumbai india in 2002 below at left we see the nga s pratyangira as offered in a kapoor catalog and at right the same sculpture before it left india note the identical missing segments from the figure s left elbow amaravati objects investigators believe dayalan may have been behind looting of material from amaravati an important archeological site in andhra pradesh where dayalan grew up items seized from his warehouses include amaravati architectural fragments dayalan may well have been the source of amaravati fragments that kapoor sold to the asian civilizations museum in singapore as we wrote in 2014 kapoor sold the acm a 3rd century limestone fragment from amaravati in october 1997 for 22 500 his accompanying description suggests he had detailed knowledge of the find spot examples from the amaravait stuppa are extremely rare to find he wrote this particular piece does not come from the stuppa proper but from the outer rail copings that surrounded the stuppa it is an exceptional example in both its size and in its illustrative qualities the iconography of this fragment makes this a most interesting piece from the amaravati area long time coming the indian raids are long overdue records show american authorities provided detailed evidence about kapoor s indian suppliers as far back as 2014 india s failure to act on those leads despite repeated urging from american authorities and others has been one of several troubling signs in the long delayed criminal trial of kapoor as kumar recounted in an article about the investigation by ice u s special agent brent easter for too long the red tape of indian bureaucracy and the ill equipped custodians have sent him on wild goose chases including multiple weeks in hot and sultry india with promises of arrests of the bad guys frustrating when he has done all the hard work and with irrefutable proof of the bad guys shipping documents email exchanges and bank transfers to see the patchy attempts in delaying and letting the actual crooks off the hook it is likely no coincidence that the indian raids were launched just days before u s attorney general loretta lynch announced the return of 200 looted antiquities to india during the state visit of prime minister narendra modi the returns many of which had been seized from kapoor or his clients may have been used as leverage with india to ensure kapoor s suppliers were nabbed on the right below is the toledo ganesh which kumar first revealed as looted in a 2013 post the raids have also underscored the need to expand india s domestic enforcement efforts the country s only dedicated art police is the tamil nadu idol wing led by inspector general a g pon manickavel is now chasing leads across india and international borders the country desperately needs to develop a national police force dedicated to protecting its oft purloined cultural heritage government agencies should also work more closely with civil society groups like kumar s india pride project which has worked tirelessly over the past years to identify stolen antiquities and bring them home often while cajoling government officials to do more the willingness of indian officials to crack down on the illicit antiquities trade within their borders will be measured largely by the aggressiveness with which they chase the leads they have gathered from deena dhayalan share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading 3 comments posted in news uncategorized tagged amaravati art gallery of new south wales asian civilizations museum brent easter deena dayalan loretta lynch michaela boland narendra modi national gallery of australia pon manickavel selina mohamed subhash kapoor vijay kumar the lessons of palmyra iconoclasm in the era of clickbait posted on april 7 2016 7 comments last december i was invited to harvard to participate in a round table on isis and iconoclasm the event organized by archaeologist bastien varoutsikos and sponsored by harvard s standing committee on archaeology sparked a fascinating discussion of iconoclasm through the ages putting the destructive impulse of the islamic state into a context that i for one had been missing the speakers included harvard s james simpson author of under the hammer iconoclasm in the anglo american tradition who offered a reminder that iconoclasm is a central strand in western history this is not the other simpson said this is us we ve been here peter der manuelian director of harvard s semitic museum discussed iconoclasm in ancient egypt and how 3d technology was allowing us to recreate the destroyed past joseph greene also at the semitic museum surveyed the destruction of museums repositories of cultural icons across syria and iraq and matthew liebmann reviewed the smashing of church bells icons of spanish colonization during the pueblo revolts of 17th century new mexico moderating with bastien was clare gillis whose intrepid reporting on the ground in the region with her friend james foley is captured in the must watch documentary about his life and death jim my contribution to the panel was isis and the media iconoclasm in the era of clickbait a review of how the media has covered the iconoclasm of isis in short i argued that isis iconoclasm was largely not exclusively a propaganda effort and that many of us in the media and social media became complicit in their crimes by spreading those images as clickbait with the fall of palmyra to assad forces this month bastien and i decided to revisit the subject in an essay for this week s the art newspaper what follows are excerpts of that essay with a few slides from my harvard presentation the early assessments of damage by isis contain several important lessons for those of us who watched the destruction of palmyra in horror last summer and then shared it virally on social media first they lend credibility to on the ground reports during the city s harrowing occupation that the islamic state s destruction of historical monuments was motivated less by twisted ideology than a far simpler craving for attention in country sources have overheard isil commanders comment that attacking the ancient monuments makes the whole world talk about them noted a september report fr om the american schools for oriental research an archaeological group tasked by the us state department with monitoring heritage destruction in syria and iraq notably the destruction of historical sites had started months earlier after international media outlets had collectively decided to stop broadcasting gruesome images of isil hostage beheadings if media attention was indeed what isil had wanted the destruction of palmyra was a coup respected international media outlets republished isil s carefully choreographed shots of the detonation of the iconic baalshamin temple on social media as if they were news photos not the propaganda of a terrorist regime in palmyra we first witnessed the collision of iconoclasm and clickbait increasingly modern media is funded by clickbait and the advertising revenue it generates this fact was not lost on isil whose sophisticated propaganda machine has created pre packaged viral content slick youtube videos facebook posts and 140 character tweets designed to be spread on the web it is isil s ability to marry ancient iconoclasm with modern clickbait that has spread their appetite for destruction so far and fast and it is our fascination with sharing their snuff films on social media that make us complicit in their crimes you can read the complete essay here my thanks to bastien for his help with it share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading 7 comments posted in ideas news tagged bastien varoutsikos clare gillis harvard university iconoclasm isis islamic state james simpson joseph greene peter der manuelian the art newspaper older posts search the website search for tweets by chasingaphrodit buy the book available via amazon com barnes and noble powell s vromans indiebound recently 2 21 23 at the natural history museum of utah chasing shiva the hunt for looted south and southeast asia antiquities september 2 2023 updated usa vs one ancient mosaic a looted syrian masterpiece in los angeles may 26 2018 the sidon bull s head court record documents a journey through the illicit antiquities trade september 24 2017 hobby lobby s legal expert speaks i can t rule out they used my advice to evade the law july 10 2017 updated help wanted we re tracking down objects sold by nancy and doris wiener january 5 2017 updated manhattan dealer nancy wiener arrested criminal complaint alleges sweeping conspiracy to sell stolen asian art through major auction houses december 21 2016 updated inside the isis looting operation u s lawsuit reveals terror group s brutal bureaucracy of plunder december 15 2016 the end of the beginning nga returns kushan buddha and two kapoor objects september 18 2016 the missing link subhash kapoor s suppliers in india are finally getting rolled up july 3 2016 the lessons of palmyra iconoclasm in the era of clickbait april 7 2016 updated asia week arrest japanese dealer convicted of selling stolen art march 19 2016 asia week raids new details on the christie s seizures march 18 2016 busted asia week raids reveal scope of illicit trade in asian art march 17 2016 the crennan report the nga s ex post facto due diligence finds 22 questionable asian antiquities february 17 2016 operation antiquity prison for antiquities dealer behind looting and tax fraud scheme december 15 2015 ball state s kapoor return reveals new false provenance november 17 2015 the seated buddha goes home nancy wiener and national gallery of australia will return sculpture to india march 5 2015 the kushan buddhas nancy wiener douglas latchford and new questions about ancient buddhas february 1 2015 danti s inference the known unknowns of isis and antiquities looting november 18 2014 hecht s footprints haverford college opens up about source of their greek vases november 4 2014 follow the chase enter your email address to subscribe to this blog email address sign me up join 1 812 other subscribers what we re talking about aamd american numismatic society antiquities aphrodite archaeology arnold peter weiss art crime arthur houghton art of the past 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more bothmer donations returned to italy the mma returns 45 more antiquities to italy classical returns from new york s metropolitan museum of art mma returns terracottas to türkiye the carlos don t mention the donor further returns to italy from the mma a roman portrait to be returned to italy from new zealand denver art museum returns roman portrait to türkiye cpac and the keros haul paul barford s portable antiquities and heritage issues trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in utah native american public archaeology under trump somerset hoard acquired for 78 000 from a private collection how did it get to new york russian barrage on civilian targets also damages kyiv s historic dormition cathedral at the lavra monastery fraudster sentenced after trying to sell bogus ancient statues with fake papers to sotheby s israel in lebanon excavation permit flaunting archaeologist goes free the wheels of british justice once more grind slowly when antiquities and the establishment are 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