Edward Church, Peter Hujar, Looted Art
A Hyperallergic editor’s note by Hakim Bishara highlights recent coverage, including Erin L. Thompson’s investigation into a convicted antiquities dealer whose objects are held by dozens of US museums. The note points to Thompson’s report following the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s return of a Roman bust linked to Phoenix Ancient Art, raising questions about what will happen to other works sold by the gallery to American institutions. It also references other Hyperallergic pieces, including Ben Moser’s review of a new Frederic Edwin Church biography and reporting on exhibitions and artists such as Peter Hujar and imprisoned Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.
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This story was covered in Looted Legacies and Flooded Galleries