Mosul’s artists, resurgent, speak out on new Google platform
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Mosul’s artists, resurgent, speak out on new Google platform
Through videos, audio clips, 3D models of destroyed sites and images of their works, Iraqis describe what they endured and their hopes for the future
Geneva-based foundation Aliph directs $10m to heritage conservation projects in conflict zones
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Geneva-based foundation Aliph directs $10m to heritage conservation projects in conflict zones
Sites targeted range from a Yemeni palace in ruins to a shrine destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq
Michael Rakowitz remakes works destroyed by Isis for first UK retrospective
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Michael Rakowitz remakes works destroyed by Isis for first UK retrospective
Recreations of lost Assyrian reliefs will be on show in Whitechapel Gallery exhibition
MP Robert Jenrick leads campaign to stop Islamic State funding terror through trafficking
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MP Robert Jenrick leads campaign to stop Islamic State funding terror through trafficking
UK and US collaborate to cut off one of group’s top revenue streams
Looting in the Middle East encourages fakes and forgeries
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Looting in the Middle East encourages fakes and forgeries
Modern art targeted as the originals go missing
Director of V&A proposes network of museums to stop terrorists looting objects in Syria and trafficking them for sale in the West
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Director of V&A proposes network of museums to stop terrorists looting objects in Syria and trafficking them for sale in the West
V&A fights back against Islamic State
Iconoclasm reborn with Islamic State fanaticism: The destruction of cultural heritage as propaganda
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Iconoclasm reborn with Islamic State fanaticism: The destruction of cultural heritage as propaganda
The extent of the destruction is uncertain in the fog of war