HALI CONTRIBUTING EDITOR TOM MURRAY JOINS OBAMA'S CULTURAL PROPERTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Statement from Hali website:
Announcing ‘More Key Administration Posts’, President Barack Obama has revealed the appointment of HALI’s peripatetic Contributing Editor Thomas Murray to the US Government’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee. Tom Murray is an expert in Indonesian sculpture and textiles and the founder of Thomas Murray Asiatica-Ethnographica, a private gallery for tribal, Asian and textile art in Mill Valley, California. Works of art from his collection have been placed in more than 30 museums on four continents. He is past President of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association. President Obama said, ‘This dedicated individual brings a wealth of experience and talent to his new role and I am proud to have him serve in this Administration.  I look forward to working with him in the months and years to come.’

http://www.hali.com/news/hali-contributing-editor-joins-obamas-cultural-property-advisory-committee/

ARTICLE FROM WASHINGTON POST

VATICAN UNCOVERS FIRST KNOW DEPICTION OF NATIVE AMERICANS
By Alessandro Speciale.  The Washington Post, May 2, 2013.

For the link to the full story, please go to:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/vatican-uncovers-first-known-depiction-of-native-americans/2013/05/02/46511b48-b354-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_singlePage.html?tid=obinsite

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By Jason Felch.  LA Times, May 19, 2013.

For the link to the full story, please go to:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-antiquity-indict-20130519,0,5712082.story


PRISON IN RHINO CASE
A father and son are sentenced for selling hundreds of pounds of the prized horns.
By Victoria Kim.  LA Times, May 16, 2013.

For the link to the full story, please go to;
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rhino-horns-20130516,0,7329633.story

ARTICLES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Hurricane affected collectors, galleries and insurers
By Stacey Stowe.  NY Times, May 12, 2013

For direct link to full story, please go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/arts/design/hurricane-sandys-aftermath-reshapes-art-insurance-policies.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0


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By Tom Mashberg.  NY Times, May 3, 2013

For the direct link to full story, please go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/arts/design/the-met-to-return-statues-to-cambodia.html?pagewanted=all


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CAMBODIA PRESSES U.S. MUSEUMS TO RELINQUISH ANTIQUITIES
By Tom Mashberg.  NY Times, May 12, 2013

For the direct link to full story, please go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/arts/design/cambodia-presses-us-museums-to-return-antiquities.html?pagewanted=all