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Elginism
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Parthenon Sculptures (AKA Elgin Marbles) plus other cultural property disputes, museums, art law, archaeology, architecture & Greece.
Formerly London based, now in Sydney.
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Hi. Welcome to Bluesky. Great to reconnect.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Perhaps more surprisingly, his successor, Malcolm Fraser was also a supporter of restitution - an area in which he and Whitlam, normally ideologically opposed to one another, shared common ground.
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Former Australian PM calls for return of Elgin Marbles
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Frazer, has been speaking in New Zealand about why he feels the Elgin Marbles should be returned. From: The New
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November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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John Huntley went further, pointing out that there is no credible dispute over the legal ownership of the tapestry - only discussion of where it should best be displayed:
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Can the Parthenon Sculptures be compared to the Bayeux tapestry?
John Huntley, follows my line of reasoning, in suggesting that any comparisons drawn between the Elgin Marbles & the Bayeux Tapestry are at best very
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July 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Now that I've previously written about how this case is nothing like that of the Parthenon Marbles (and indeed this loan is not in response to any sort of ownership valuation from Britain):
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England also wants artefacts returned
It is usually the other way round - that the UK is faced with restitution claims for the artefacts in its museums & institutions, whether they are
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July 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM