The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor
The famed museum recently returned a 12th-century Buddha sculpture that it says was stolen from the Kathmandu Valley. However ...
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What Archaeologists Are Uncovering About the Buddha in His Legendary Nepali Hometown
Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...
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21 archaeological artifacts returned to Nepal from US (With Photos)
KATHMANDU, March 30: A total of 21 artistic artifacts of archaeological significance, stolen from Nepal and taken to the ...
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Art Institute of Chicago Returns Sacred Buddha Statue to Nepal
The Buddha statue was first identified by the online heritage activist group Lost Arts of Nepal in 2021 as matching a statue stolen from Guita Tole in Patan, Kathmandu. The sacred statue is part ...
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Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal
On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...
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Art Institute of Chicago Returns Stolen Buddha to Nepal
The statue, which depicts the Buddha protected by the serpent king ... can connect with their history," said Sharad Raj Aran, ...