Phoenix Ancient Art funneled objects of shaky provenance into dozens of museums. Why are many of them still there? In February, the Metropolitan Museum of Art quietly returned a Roman bust to Turkey. It was originally purchased from Phoenix Ancient Art gallery in Geneva, whose founder, Ali Aboutaam, was convicted by a Swiss court of.
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Phoenix Ancient Art funneled objects of shaky provenance into dozens of museums. Why are many of them still there? In February, the Metropolitan Museum of Art quietly returned a Roman bust to Turkey. It was originally purchased from Phoenix Ancient Art gallery in Geneva, whose founder, Ali Aboutaam, was convicted by a Swiss court of.
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