Chennai: Continuing to repatriate stolen idols, the Australian National Gallery on Wednesday announced that it would return14 artwork from the Asian collection of art to the Indian government.
These include 13 objects that are connected to the SUBHASH Kapoor art dealer through their art galleries from the past and one, bronze (Sambanda children) from Tamil Nadu temple, which was obtained from William Wolff’s art dealer, the official release said.
Works include six bronze statues or stones, standard brass procession, painted scroll and six photos.
Tamil Nadu will return two of the 12th century Cholaera Bronzes – Children Saint Sambanda, stolen from the Temple of Dignavaram in Lirci in Tamil Nadu and children dancing sawandar, also from TN.
Other items belonged to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and above.
Three other statues originating from past art have also been removed from the collection, said the gallery.
Further research will be conducted to identify their place of origin before being sent home.
After this action, the National Gallery will no longer hold the work obtained through the Subhash Kapoor in its collection.
“The decision to restore works is the peak of years of research, a thorough test and a growing framework for decision making that includes legal principles and ethical considerations,” he said.
“The last round of resistance from NGA marked the end of our long battle with them for the transparency and accountability of their capoor acquisition,” said Vijay Kumar from the Indian Pride project.
The National Gallery has introduced a new provincial assessment framework.
If, in the probability balance, it is considered that a stolen item, excavated illegally, exported does not conflict with foreign state law, or not ethnically obtained, the National Gallery will take steps for deakess and repatriates, read releases, read releases, read releases, read releases.
“The museum knows that India is seriously chasing her stolen art is not like in the past and we hope the museum, collector, auction house, and dealers realize this,” Vijay Kumar told toi.
National Gallery of Australian Director Nick Mitzevich said the action showed the commitment of the National Gallery to become a leader in the management of collection ethics.
The release quoted the Indian High Commissioner to Australia Manpreet Vohra welcomed the decision by the Australian Government and the National Gallery.