Where Art Belongs

“In an already controversial new book out later this month, Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle for Our Ancient Heritage, author — and president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago — James Cuno argues for a return to the idea of ‘partage.’ The term refers to the system that persisted for many years in which foreign-led experts — typically Europeans and Americans — worked with locals to excavate antiquities in countries like Iraq and Egypt.”