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Speakers: Vinnie Nørskov, Director of The Museum of Ancient Art and Associate Professor at Aarhus University and artist Ms Maeve Brennan, UK 

Abstact

Associate Professor and archaeologist Dr Vinnie Nørskov will present the background of a case that led to an unprecedented academic project which is being developed at the Museum of Ancient Art of Aarhus University. Ancient fragmented vases of high quality, produced in South Italy, in recent years were looted and smuggled out of the country. They are now on loaned in Aarhus for study, and this project explores new ways of reconstructing their destroyed archaeological and historical context, combining archaeological and criminological knowledge, as well as forensic skills. From an artistic point of view, the UK artist and documentarist Ms Maeve Brennan will present her background, her ideas, how her work connects to this illicit antiquities project and her contribution to it.

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