Exhibición

El tráfico de antigüedades, objeto de una exposición inédita en el Louvre

El objetivo de la muestra es alertar sobre el comercio ilegal de bienes culturales, un tráfico que genera casi 10.000 millones de dólares anuales, según la UNESCO.

Romain FONSEGRIVES * AFP
25 de mayo de 2021, 1:13 p. m.
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A person looks at one of the four funerary statues from Cyrenaica seized in 2012 by French customs authorities at Roissy Airport in 2016 in transit between Lebanon and Thailand, on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris on May 21, 2021. - In the antiques wing of the Louvre, a handful of busts and bas-reliefs from the Middle East stand out: with their wax-stamped judicial seals, they are the subject of an exceptional exhibition intended to highlight the worldwide devastation of the trafficking in cultural goods. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) / �The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by ALAIN JOCARD has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [ne of the four funerary statues from Cyrenaica seized in 2012 ] instead of [carved marble relief ]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.� | Foto: AFP