Carlee Forbes

African Art Historian and museum enthusiast.

[Carlee Forbes @Carlee_Forbes]

UCLA Fowler Museum repatriates artworks to Aboriginal community in Australia https://t.co/dc736bG24u

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Looted Asante treasures find a new palace home in Ghana: https://t.co/ojiMVDAlRT

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FREE upcoming event: African Art in American Museums @neubergermuseum https://t.co/Htq9AXv2U1

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Ghana artifacts that were looted 150 years ago by British forces have been returned by a US museum https://t.co/wVuZPNviQK

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At Ghana Event, Fowler Museum Returns Items Taken From Asante Kingdom https://t.co/gw3CETpkhw

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Los Angeles museum repatriates Asante artefacts to Ghana: https://t.co/c3OBm5LEhx

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In a highly unusual move, UCLA Fowler Museum is initiating returns of looted African works https://t.co/AxIDZfgqcm

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The Met’s new Head of Provenance will be responsible for investigating the sometimes murky backstories of the museum’s vast holdings. https://t.co/Ro3YlpcxuN

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Publication! https://t.co/5ibmUrnPHZ

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😍 will someone please buy this for a public collection???
https://t.co/Q3KoTcFf2r

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We Need More Nuance When Talking About Repatriation https://t.co/S8MVSFpSXl via @hyperallergic

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For more information on this mask, its provenance history, interpretation, and materiality, see our StoryMap! https://t.co/yzLMjO6BUh 🧵6/6

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In honor of #provenanceresearchday, some ongoing work re: a mask at the
@FowlerMuseum. Without concrete evidence, we used a combo of archives, inscriptions and collection histories to place make suppositions. 🧵1/6

#TagderProvenienzforschung

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Such as several works from @Pitt_Rivers, which are attributed to his wife, Jean Margaret Alan Denton. Given the auction date in 1911 (many years after Jean Margaret’s death in 1900), we think the mask at the Fowler was in George’s possession. 🧵5/6

[Victoria Reed @Victoria_S_Reed]

I hope everyone is excited for international #provenanceresearchday next week. I love making provenance research cake and then waiting up all night for the provenance research fairy to leave rare auction cats., correct Customs Entry summaries, candy, and booze on my doorstep. 🧚‍♀️

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Little preview of Myrland Constant: the Word of Radiance @FowlerMuseum ! Opening this weekend! The details are amazing. A must see.

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Exhibition review:

We Write to You About Africa curated by Laura De Becker and Ozi Uduma; Wish You Were Here: African Art and Restitution curated by Laura De Becker, Bridget Grier, Timnet Gedar, and Ozi Uduma https://t.co/wcQtp6PWJt