Repatriation: More than just a Shift in an Object’s Location

Recorded on Nov 2, 2023.

Repatriation: More than just a Shift in an Object’s Location
Naman Ahuja, Professor of Indian Art and Architecture at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Keynote Lecture

Provenance and Asian Art: A Collaborative Workshop and Symposium

Building on the momentum established by the webinar series, Hidden Networks: The Trade of Asian Art (2020-22) the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation’s Asian Art Museum and Central Archive hosted an in-person symposium from Wednesday, November 1, through Saturday, November 4, 2023, in Washington, DC. For the first time, a global community of Asian art provenance researchers gathered to explore the complexities of the translocation of Asian Art and discussed how best to research, share, and debate these histories. The symposium highlighted provenance studies focused on East Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian art.
A keynote lecture was given by Naman Ahuja, professor of Indian art and architecture at Jawaharlal Nehru University. This lecture was generously supported by the Macaulay Family Foundation.

This event was part of a larger collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) that seeks to cultivate the global network of provenance researchers and promote the exchange of information.