Curator & Collector

A Blog about the Art, Museums, and Numismatics of the Northwest Coast

Archive for June, 2008

Most Stolen Bill Reid Artworks Recovered

Posted: Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 @ 8:33 am in Art Heists, Bill Reid, Canadian Art, Canadians in the Arts, Cultural Patrimony, Museums & Galleries, News, Northwest Coast Aboriginal Art | 1 Comment »

Image of stolen Bill Reid gold artwork taken from the CBC UPDATE: All but two of the stolen Bill Reid pieces have been found. CBC and other media outlets are reporting that some of the stolen Bill Reid artefacts have just been recovered from the Vancouver suburb of Burnbaby. Police aren’t saying just yet which [...]

BC Human Rights Tribunal Expected to Convict Macleans Magazine Today

Posted: Friday, June 6th, 2008 @ 8:58 am in Controversies, News, Religion and the Arts | 3 Comments »

Note: today’s post is related primarily to the Law, but it does have ramifications for arts and culture, too. I post it here because I view it as the most important issue of the day. [crossposted from another blog of mine] Today is the final day of the hearing in my province, BC, at which [...]