Virginia art museum has hundreds of Nepalese artifacts. The country wants them back.
LUCA POWELL
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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LUCA POWELL
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Invoices, emails and interviews connect stolen art found at the VMFA to convicted European black market dealers. The Richmond Times-Dispatch examined the history of pieces surrendered by the museum, tracing their path from Rome to Richmond, where the artworks found a home alongside Fabergé e…
Nepalese art piece Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi with Their Retinue hangs at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in the South Asian art gallery in Richmond, Va. May 2. The piece was originally purchased by Mary Shepherd Slusser.
Dr. Michael Taylor, chief curator and deputy director of Art and Education of VMFA, speaks at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA., on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
Erin Thompson, professor of art crime at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. Thompson is an adviser to the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign and wrote a 2023 academic article that raised questions about the collecting practices of Mary Shepherd Slusser.
Virginia Museum of Fine Art visitors view pieces of art in the South Asian art gallery in Richmond, Va. May 2.
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PHOTOS: Nepalese art
This 16th-century painting was purchased by Mary Shepherd Slusser in 1967 and later removed from Nepal.
Mary Shepherd Slusser
Nepalese art piece Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi with Their Retinue hangs at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in the South Asian art gallery in Richmond, Va. May 2. The piece was originally purchased by Mary Shepherd Slusser.
NICOLAS GALINDO, TIMES-DISPATCH
Virginia Museum of Fine Art visitors view pieces of art in the South Asian art gallery in Richmond, Va. May 2.
NICOLAS GALINDO, TIMES-DISPATCH
Nepalese art piece Illuminated Manuscript Folio Showing the Five Cosmic Buddhas hangs at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in the South Asian art gallery in Richmond, Va. May 2.
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Nepalese art pieces Illuminated Manuscript Folio Showing the Five Cosmic Buddhas, left, and Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi with Their Retinue hang at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in the South Asian art gallery in Richmond, Va. May 2.
NICOLAS GALINDO, TIMES-DISPATCH
Erin Thompson, professor of art crime at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. Thompson is an adviser to the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign and wrote a 2023 academic article that raised questions about the collecting practices of Mary Shepherd Slusser.
Source: Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign
A Nepalese man holds a repatriated statue of a god.
Invoices, emails and interviews connect stolen art found at the VMFA to convicted European black market dealers. The Richmond Times-Dispatch e…
Erin Thompson, professor of art crime at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. Thompson is an adviser to the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign and wrote a 2023 academic article that raised questions about the collecting practices of Mary Shepherd Slusser.
Dr. Michael Taylor, chief curator and deputy director of Art and Education of VMFA, speaks at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA., on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
Nepalese art piece Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi with Their Retinue hangs at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art in the South Asian art gallery in Richmond, Va. May 2. The piece was originally purchased by Mary Shepherd Slusser.
