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The illicit antiquities trade and other cultural heritage issues. By a mouthy youth. For the mouthy youth. |
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The "Shipwrecked" controversy sails in a totally different direction and also I told you so.
On December 8 and 9th, an advisory committee assembled by the Smithsonian met to discuss whether or not the exhibition “Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds” would be shown at the Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery. By lunch on the first day, it was decided that the exhibition won’t go up. Instead, the Smithsonian jumped on the idea of re-excavating the Belitung shipwreck and creating an exhibition from those findings.CAN I HEAR AN AMEN.CLICK FOR THE WHOLE EXCITING AND RAMBLING STORY.
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Notes In ResponseThis past week, there has been a more than usual number of comments (the usual being zero) on a post in which I gave a brief update on the state of my senior work at Bennington. These comments expressed, shall I say, a strong interest in the direction of my research on the “Shipwrecked” controversy at the Smithsonian. Many of them were critical of points that I hadn’t even written about or expounded upon in my post. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t bother addressing such badly spelled confrontations, but Marcie, the only one in the debate to not hide behind the Anonymous title (thank you, Marcie!), asked me to step away from the debate over the Shipwrecked exhibition at the Smithsonian and continue to write about other cultural heritage issues. Because she signed herself as an avid follower (which made me excited), I feel compelled to address this directly.
IN OTHER WORDS: BITCHES BE TRIPPIN’.
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Belfast, at the mouth of the River Lagan. Strangely, not the river the city was named after. Who can tell me why?
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Scotland and the Spring sunshine peeking at each other over the clouds.
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Eartha Kitt, dropping some self love realness.
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“The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to… You must be willing to risk everything to really express it...”
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Yeah, ya know. Just Amy Poehler and Dave Grohl hangin’ out. Nbd.
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George Romney, Emma Hart in a Straw Hat.
