Jason Felch
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Before reading this I never really thought too much about how museum's obtain their collections. I mean I did realize that over the centuries this or that country had plundered another country's art--I had seen the Egyptian obelisks all over Europe. But I never really tho0ught about what goes on behind the scenes at American museums.
Apparently a lot of wheeling, dealing and dubious bits of shadiness--especially in antiquities! The book focuses on some acquisitions made over the years by key Getty figures who living the good life and also some tax schemes by LA's finest and famous. Someone was just telling me the other night that there is a lot of money being made by individuals in non-profits and foundations. This book proves that!
The book was written by two LA Times journalists who uncovered and followed the story over a number of years.
According to the book, there has been a lot of reform in the past decades amongst the major museums and countries who have previously turned blind eyes to plundering. It's hard to imagine in the globally connected world we live in that it would be easy to hide and obfuscate the origons of a piece of art.
This is a great read if you are interested in art, history, culture and in seeing people with bad ethics meet their karmic justice.… (mehr)