JUST IN: The Denver Art Museum says it is making research into artworks connected to Emma Bunker a “top priority” after our investigation detailed how the longtime museum consultant helped an indicted dealer launder and sell looted relics around the globe.
The Denver Art Museum says it is making research into artworks connected to Emma Bunker a “top priority” after a
That fund raised $25,000 from family and friends and was initially created to help the museum purchase pieces for its galleries. After publication of The Post’s series, the museum“The wide-ranging impact of the Bunker family is reflected in their name being present in many ways in our collections,” Christoph Heinrich, director of the Denver Art Museum, said in the statement. “This is not a history that can or should be easily erased.
“In the decades since the Latchford/Bunker antiquities arrived at the Denver Art Museum, acquisition and loan practices across the museum field, including those at the DAM, have evolved and improved,” museum officials said in their statement.
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