{"id":1977475,"date":"2023-07-19T14:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/69m-in-looted-artifacts-seized-from-met-trustee-including-some-on-loan-to-the-museum\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T14:52:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:52:36","slug":"69m-in-looted-artifacts-seized-from-met-trustee-including-some-on-loan-to-the-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/69m-in-looted-artifacts-seized-from-met-trustee-including-some-on-loan-to-the-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"$69M worth of looted artifacts seized from Met trustee, including museum loans."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F69m-in-looted-artifacts-seized-from-met-trustee-including-some-on-loan-to-the-museum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A \u2062Trustee&#8217;s Collection: \u200bSeized \u200cArtifacts \u2063and \u200dControversy<\/h2>\n<p><span \u2062style=\"font-weight: \u2064400\">In a stunning \u200dturn of events, \u2064an\u200d 84-year-old emeritus trustee \u2064of\u200d the Metropolitan \u200dMuseum\u200c of \u200cArt \u200cin New \u200dYork \u2063City, Shelby\u2062 White,\u200c has\u200c had nearly\u2062 $70 \u200bmillion\u2063 worth of looted artifacts \u200cseized \u2062from\u200c her possession \u2062over the \u2064past\u2064 two \u200cyears.\u200c The investigation, conducted \u2064by \u2064the \u2062Manhattan\u2062 District Attorney\u2019s \u200bOffice\u2019s Antiquities Trafficking \u2064Unit,\u200b has \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sensitive-military-messages-accidentally-sent-to-african-nation-due-to-pentagon-typo\/\" title=\"Pentagon Typo Sends Sensitive Military Messages to African Nation\">raised \u200cquestions<\/a> about\u200b the origins \u200cof\u200d these\u200b artifacts\u200b and the role of \u200dWhite\u2062 and her \u2064late husband, investor\u200c Leon Levy, in acquiring them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u2062400\">According to \u2063a\u2062 report from \u200cThe\u200d New \u200dYork Times, \u200c71\u2063 looted artifacts were seized \u200dfrom \u2062White&#8217;s Manhattan\u200c apartment, with \u200ban additional 17 \u2064artifacts loaned\u2062 to the museum also \u200bbeing\u2062 seized\u200b under suspicion of theft. The seized items \u200cinclude a bronze \u200cstatuette of\u2062 Roman emperor \u2063Lucius \u200dVerus, \u200dvalued \u2063at\u2064 $15 million, \u2062which\u200c belongs to Turkey. \u200dAnother notable\u200c artifact \u2063was a seventh-century\u2063 Chinese\u200d funerary \u200dartifact \u2064that still contained dirt, indicating its previous \u200clooting. This \u200cartifact \u2064has\u200d since been\u200c returned \u2064to \u2063China.\u200c Other seized \u200citems include \u2062a mixing bowl \u200dand an \u200damphora\u2063 from the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-to-hold-interfaith-prayer-service-at-birthplace-of-abraham\/\" title=\"Pope Francis To Hold Interfaith Prayer Service At Birthplace Of Abraham\">sixth century<\/a>\u2062 B.C.,\u2064 among\u200b many others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u200b style=\"font-weight:\u2063 400\">While investigators \u2064have not \u2062suggested that White \u2063knowingly acquired\u200c these artifacts \u2063with knowledge \u200dof their illicit \u2062origins, some\u200d experts have\u2063 expressed doubts.\u2063 Elizabeth Marlowe, \u2064director of museum\u2064 studies at Colgate University, stated, &#8220;There \u2064is no way\u2064 that\u200d someone \u200dat her\u200b level of \u200cthe market and her depth\u2063 of\u200d collecting\u2064 and her\u200c prominence at the \u2064Met, \u2063there\u200d is no \u200bway\u2062 someone\u2062 at\u2064 that level\u2062 did\u200b not \u2062know\u200c they\u200d should \u200cbe \u200basking for things \u200clike export licenses.&#8221; \u200bPatty Gerstenblith, \u2063a professor\u200c at \u200bDePaul University, criticized\u200d White&#8217;s\u2062 collecting practices, stating \u200cthat they do not align \u2064with the ethical \u200bstandards of preserving \u2062the\u2063 historical record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u2063 style=\"font-weight: 400\">White&#8217;s\u2063 lawyer, Peter\u200b A \u200cChavkin, maintains that any \u200clooted items in \u2063her \u2064collection have been\u200b promptly and voluntarily returned\u200c to\u200c their \u200drightful\u2064 place of origin.\u2063 He asserts that White and\u2064 Levy\u2062 purchased all\u200b the \u200cantiquities in\u2062 good \u200cfaith from \u200dreputable dealers. The\u2063 Met\u200c has also come \u2062to White&#8217;s defense, with\u2064 director \u2063Max Hollein\u2062 praising\u2063 her\u2064 as a &#8220;profoundly \u2064generous supporter&#8221; who \u200chas \u2063made \u2064an enormous\u2064 impact \u2063on \u2062the museum and \u2062other \u2064institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u2062style=\"font-weight: \u200c400\">Despite \u2063the\u200c controversy \u2062surrounding\u200b White&#8217;s collection, \u200bthe\u200d Met \u2062has not\u2064 distanced itself from \u200dher. White \u200band Levy \u2064had donated \u200bapproximately $20 \u200dmillion to \u2063the \u200dorganization,\u200c and in \u20622007, \u2062the \u2063museum \u200bunveiled \u200bthe Leon \u2064Levy and Shelby White Court, which is described as \u2062the\u2062 centerpiece \u200bof the \u2063Met&#8217;s Greek\u2064 and \u200bRoman galleries. White\u200b continues \u200cto be \u200binvolved in\u2063 various\u2064 committees\u2064 at the\u2064 museum, offering \u200dadvice and\u200b expertise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u2063 style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u200c investigation \u2064into \u200dWhite&#8217;s\u2064 collection has\u2062 concluded \u2062for now, \u2064but the Manhattan\u200d District\u2064 Attorney&#8217;s \u2062Office \u200dhas\u200b stated that it will \u2064reexamine the\u200d case if new\u2064 evidence \u2064emerges. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/69m-in-looted-artifacts-seized-from-met-trustee-including-some-on-loan-to-the-museum\/\" title=\"M worth of looted artifacts seized from Met trustee, including museum loans.\">high-profile \u200cincident \u2063serves<\/a>\u200d as\u200c a reminder of\u200b the\u200b ongoing\u2062 challenges in the\u2064 world of \u200cart\u2062 acquisition and\u200c the importance\u2063 of provenance research.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sources:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n\u200b  \u200c<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/17\/arts\/design\/shelby-white-the-met-antiquities-investigation.html\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New\u2063 York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<p>\u200d  <\/p>\n<li><a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/19\/investigators-seize-69m-worth-of-stolen-artifacts-from-met-trustee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\u200d noreferrer\" \u2063aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1689874168790000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3i_li6fLGSkoUuruGpSVDs\">CLICK HERE TO GET\u2064 THE\u2062 DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past two years, Shelby White, an 84-year-old emeritus trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, had around $70 million worth of looted artifacts seized. Investigators haven&#8217;t implied that she or her late husband knowingly acquired them. White had 71 looted artifacts in her possession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1977476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}