An interview about a notorious antiquities trafficker with Matthew Campbell, plus an exclusive excerpt of William Kentridge’s new book. The title of The Man Who Stole the Gods is far from hyperbolic. Matthew Campbell’s new book follows Douglas Latchford, a British art smuggler, who spent four decades illegally funneling sculptures of Cambodian deities into the.
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An interview about a notorious antiquities trafficker with Matthew Campbell, plus an exclusive excerpt of William Kentridge’s new book. The title of The Man Who Stole the Gods is far from hyperbolic. Matthew Campbell’s new book follows Douglas Latchford, a British art smuggler, who spent four decades illegally funneling sculptures of Cambodian deities into the.
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