James Cuno, President of J. Paul Getty Trust, Defends Right of Museums to Keep Ancient Art
James Cuno, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust, has written an article in the November-December issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, "Culture War: The Case Against Repatriating Museum Artifacts."
He again discusses issues such as "Who Owns Antiquity?" He says, "Cultural property should be recognized for what it is: the legacy of humankind and not of the modern nation-state, subject to the political agenda of its current ruling elite."
He writes, "This kind of promotion of cultural purity ... can produce dangerous, often violent xenophobia. Cultural property should be recognized for what it is: the legacy of humankind and not of the modern nation-state, subject to the political agenda of its current ruling elite."
Read the full article here by James Cuno, and the LA Times report here.
Cuno is the former Director of the Harvard Art Museums (1991-2002), the Courtauld Institute (2003-04), and the Art Institute of Chicago (2004-2011).
Cuno received his A.M. and Ph.D. in the History of Art from Harvard University in 1980 and 1985; an M.A. in the History of Art from the University of Oregon in 1978; and a B.A. in History from Willamette University in 1973. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Charles Philipon and La Maison Aubert: the business, politics, and public of caricature in Paris, 1820-1840
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