Tuesday,
November 28, 2006
Getty's Side or Side Winding re
The
ANNOTICO Report
Sidewinder:
An old Western Expression describing one who was Not a Straight
Shooter (Truth Teller) !!!!!
Michael
Brand, director of the
Brand
states:
(1) The Getty has returned 26 of the 52 works of Looted Art.
Translation:
We returned almost half of the Looted Art, why
are you complaining ?
(2)
On Oct. 5, The Getty and
Translation: Brand chooses
to call a "Draft" an Iron Clad AGREEMENT.
(3) But then Brand says, everything changed on
the Italian side.
Explanation:
With Continuing NEW Revelations in the Trial in
those looted pieces that
(4)
Brand claims The Getty can NOT return the "Statue of a Victorious
Youth." because the Getty is a
trust that can not transfer ownership of
works of art without a legal basis. Yet Getty made
a determination that 26 of the disputed items
be returned without Court
action.
(5)
Again in the case of the "Statue of a Victorious Youth" Getty relies
on a court ruling that was SUPER
TECHNICAL in
nature, in that the court was forced to rule that since the
Statute
was found within 3 miles of the coast (Italian waters), (could have been 4
miles, therefore
International
waters) the court did not have jurisdiction.
I
ask you, if a Looter drags a Getty Villa artifact off the Getty premises, then
must abandon it on a
neighbor's property, does that make it the Neighbors
possession ????
Or
if the artifact were found in the street, does that make it the property of the
passerby that finds it?
(6)
Brand, speaking out of both sides of his month, at one moment relies on the the technicality of the Law, BUT in
the next breath states that the Getty adopted the strict
UNESCO standards
which are Not Law, but
ETHICS)
.
(7) Then Brand makes the statement: "The Getty Villa, the only museum in
the
Roman,
Etruscan and Greek art and culture".
And
the Relevance is? You are above Moral Judgment ? ?
Michael,
Stop your dancing. You are No Fred Astaire!!!! Give ALL the LOOTED
Artifacts Back to
The museum's director pleas for Italian authorities to return
to negotiations over ownership of historic antiquities.
Op-Ed
By
Michael Brand, MICHAEL BRAND is the director of the J.
November 28, 2006
I
am saddened that talks between the J.
When I became director at the museum last December, I made it a priority to
resolve claims not only of
The Getty entered its discussions with
It was agreed, for example, that the Getty would return 26 objects and that
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Getty team returned to
But then everything changed on the Italian side, for reasons that no Italian
official has been able, or willing, to explain. In correspondence with the
Getty, the Italian Ministry of Culture put forward new demands, as if terms had
not been agreed on in October. We were also disappointed to be informed that
joint ownership of the cult statue would not be possible. What was even more
discouraging, however, was that before receiving our document on the
"Statue of a Victorious Youth,"
Believing that face-to-face discussions were the only way to bring our
negotiations back on track ,! I led a team back to
I cannot compromise on the "Statue of a Victorious Youth." The Getty
is a
I understand that
I believe that the Getty would have already finalized its agreement with
Whether or not that happens in the immediate future, I believe it is
appropriate for the Getty to return to
Similarly, we plan to provide the ministry with information related to all of
the other objects claimed by Italy so there can be no doubt about the
seriousness of our efforts to resolve those claims based on solid research of
all available evidence. Regrettably, however, as matters now stand, we will be
going forward with these returns and this research without any guarantee of
reciprocal loans from
The Getty and the Italian ministry must find a way to resolve our ! impasse, or both sides risk
jeopardizing the extraordinary exchange of ideas and knowledge that emerges from
international collaboration in the study and preservation of
We acknowledge that the Getty must do its part to resolve this matter. But
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