Comments by "" (@danielwhyatt3278) on "Returning colonial looted art to its countries of origin | DW Documentary" video.

  1. Really, they are as much a part of our own culture now, as they are of the countries they were made in. I do truly believe that the first majority of these from 100 years plus ago, shouldn’t be returned, depending on the circumstances under which they were taken.
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  2. It is a complex issue. Of course it is. Materials and Art change hands all the time. There is one example. The other one is cultural norms that nobody would’ve batted an eye it back then that we are now high horse now look down on, which means by that logic, everything should be moved around across the entire planet. Which means at this rate, every International museum in the world will be allowed to operate eventually, if this particular mindset was allowed to follow through to its eventual conclusion. not to mention that so much of the heart has now become a big part of their new homes, in other countries around the world, but suddenly sending them back to a country they haven’t been to for so long in no living memory, that it basically serves no purpose anymore, apart from essentially getting back at those in the past, or essentially revenge and using it to distract from your own national problems. There you go. It is veeeery complex.
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  3. By some peoples’ modern interpretation. British museums are much fairer and have a much stronger claim to the vast majority of their internationally sourced art, clothing and sculpture now then many other European counterparts like Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands.
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  4. Not returning those, and I support this. You can’t just throw everything back to every nation across the world, or at that rate, every cultural museum would become empty. They’ve been in Britain long enough and they rightfully belong there now.
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