Name: The Art Dispute
Released: 2021-04-16T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show

A three-part docuseries about priceless artifacts looted or acquired under dubious circumstances and whose ownership is now disputed between countries.

2021 · 43m

EPISODE 1

The Cannon of Kandy

Martine Gosselink, Head of the department of History at the Rijksmuseum, travels to Sri Lanka to investigate the origins of the Cannon of Kandy.
EPISODE 2

Diamond of Banjarmasin

We talk to the director general of the Ministry of Culture in Indonesia about the importance of teaching history through cultural objects.
EPISODE 3

Destruction of the Summer Palace

In 1860, during the second Opium War, French/British troops destroyed the Summer Palace in Beijing, stealing many valuable objects.

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