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The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal after learning that it had been stolen. Officials ...
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Art Institute of Chicago returning 12-century sculpture to Nepal after finding it was stolen
This allowed the Buddha to remain in deep meditation. The Art Institute has had the sculpture on regular view in its galleries since 1997, and has featured it in landmark exhibitions. But the Art ...
Art Institute will return Buddha sculpture to Nepal
The museum’s researchers collaborated with the government of Nepal to determine the sculpture had been stolen from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
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Art Institute of Chicago Returns Sacred Buddha Statue to Nepal
The Buddha statue was first identified by the ... the statue had already been “on regular view in museum galleries and featured in landmark exhibitions” since 1997, despite the fact that ...
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Art Institute of Chicago returning 12th-century sculpture to Nepal after finding it was stolen
This allowed the Buddha to remain in deep meditation. The Art Institute has had the sculpture on regular view in its galleries since 1997, and has featured it in landmark exhibitions. But the Art ...