Chasing Aphrodite : The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum (Hardcover)

from Scarchin

Fascinating and appalling account of how the Getty museum (along with most other major US museums) contributed to the looting of European antiquities through an elaborate system of corruption among the wealthy elites.

from Chatterbox

It seems as if everyone with even the slightest interest in the art market has hopped on the looted antiquities bandwagon and produced a book on some aspect of the most recent controversies to rock major collecting institutions like the Met in New York and the Getty in Malibu. Too often these hav...

from tammydotts

The surprisingly hard-to-put-down Chasing Aphrodite traces how the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles built its impressive collection of classic artifacts along with its impressive reputation, only to see it crack in the wake of accusations of participating in an antiquities black market. Jason...

from lushrain

I found it super enjoyable. It laid out this story in a way that was easy to follow and very compelling.

from

This book read like a thriller. It provides many insights into the workings of major museums and the conflict between the desire of those museums to acquire the best antiquities and that of the countries those antiquities come from to preserve their cultural patrimony. While this story focused on...