Citation

Yates D, Mackenzie S, Smith E. Crime Media Culture 2017; 13(2): 245-254.

Affiliation

University of Glasgow, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1741659017700947

PMID

29278251

PMCID

PMC5732599

Abstract

Most analysis of the international flows of the illicit art market has described a global situation in which a postcolonial legacy of acquisition and collection exploits cultural heritage by pulling it westwards towards major international trade nodes in the USA and Europe. As the locus of consumptive global economic power shifts, however, these traditional flows are pulled in other directions: notably for the present commentary, towards and within Asia.

Language: en

Keywords

Art crime; cultural heritage; cultural property; illicit antiquities; trafficking