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Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio As part of the agreement, whose signing was fostered by Culture Minister Chili Tropper, the museum will not incur financial damage and the fine for the cancellation of the sale will be paid by the Al-Thani Foundation of Qatar, which is expected to display an item from the collection in Paris. This week, Tropper said: “We will fight for our artistic treasures. Artistic objects are not currency. This is a statement of an important value. We will not give up on such significant ethical and public issues.” The affair over the intention to sell the items to finance the continued operation of the museum cast a pall over Sheiban’s tenure as museum director. As was detailed in Haaretz over the last six months in a series of articles by Naama Riba, the auction, which was to have taken place in September, raised difficult questions regarding ownership of the items on display at the museum, their importance as sta ....
Qatari foundation rescues Islamic artefacts and returns them to Jerusalem Museum Islamic artefacts were expected to be sold by Sotheby’s auction house in London last October [Sothebys/Twitter] March 10, 2021 at 2:46 pm A Qatari foundation belonging to the ruling Al Thani family has intervened in an ongoing dispute over the sale of 268 rare Islamic artefacts and rescued the items from being removed permanently from their current home in the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem. The rare Islamic artefacts were expected to be sold by Sotheby s auction house in London last October. They include 194 items of Islamic art and 74 timepieces and music boxes from the museum s collection. In total, the items constitute about five per cent of the entire collection of the Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem. ....
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