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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>ProPublica: The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor. “The Art Institute of Chicago announced recently that it had returned to Nepal a sculpture that had been in its collection for at least a quarter century. Conspicuously left out of the press release: that the sculpture had been a gift from a wealthy Chicago donor.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/propublica-the-art-institute-of-chicago-returned-a-sculpture-to-nepal-but-obscured-its-connection-to-a-wealthy-donor/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/propublica-the-art-institute-of-chicago-returned-a-sculpture-to-nepal-but-obscured-its-connection-to-a-wealthy-donor/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Associated Press: An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move. “New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking a broader shift in the museum world to return significant artifacts.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/22/associated-press-an-ancient-bronze-griffin-head-is-returned-to-greece-from-new-york-in-a-major-repatriation-move/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/22/associated-press-an-ancient-bronze-griffin-head-is-returned-to-greece-from-new-york-in-a-major-repatriation-move/</a></p>