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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 ....
Follow Mar. 13, 2021 One of the biggest scandals in the history of Israeli museums has reached an unexpected happy ending. The attempt to sell some of the best artifacts of the L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem ended with an international compromise supervised by the High Court of Justice. The splendid collection was made possible by a donation from the late Vera Salomons, who dreamed back in the ‘60s of bringing Jews and Muslims closer through art. Hundreds of incredibly beautiful and important pieces from the collection were at stake. Salomons established the museum and left specific instructions on how to run it, but those who pretended to speak in her name – an unknown foundation from Lichtenstein, with Israeli and Swiss trustees running it – tried to sell a hefty chunk of the collection to the highest bidder. ....
Follow Feb. 24, 2021 “People are saying ‘Why now? Why did she suddenly remember? And why after he’s dead?’ If he were alive they would be asking ‘Why now, when he’s still alive?’ The only thing that the trolls won’t do is come the attacker and say to him, ‘Why to a 5-year-old child? Why curse?’ That for some reason doesn’t come up. The attacker can live his entire life in dignity, but when the victim starts to tell the story she’s asked why she’s talking. For some reason, soul searching and restraint are demanded only from the injured party. Keep quiet for another 20 years.” ....