Context Matters

The following essays have appeared in the Journal of Art Crime (JAC) as part of my regular column ‘Context Matters’. They appeared in Context Matters: Collating the Past (2019) and will feature in Artwashing the Past: Context Matters (2024).

1. "Context matters: museums and the looted world." JAC 1 (2009): 43-46.

2. "Context matters: looting in the Balkans." JAC 2 (2009): 63-66.

3. "Context matters: Italy and the US: reviewing cultural property agreements." JAC 3 (2010): 81-85.

4. "Context matters: Greece and the U.S.: reviewing cultural property agreements." JAC 4 (2010): 73-76.

5. "Context matters: The unresolved case of the Minneapolis krater." JAC 5 (2011): 57-61.

6. "Context matters: Compliance and the antiquities market." JAC 6 (2011): 52-56.

7. "Context matters: Princeton and recently surfaced antiquities." JAC 7 (2012): 59-66.

8. "Context matters: Fragmented pots, attributions and the role of the academic." JAC 8 (2012): 79-84.

9. "Context matters: Dallas Museum of Art takes the initiative." JAC 9 (2013): 79-84.

10. "Context matters: The Cleveland Apollo goes public." JAC 10 (2013): 69-75.

11. "Context matters: The so-called Crosby Garrett helmet." JAC 11 (2014): 53-59.

12. "Context matters: Learning from the Herm: the need for more rigorous due diligence searches." JAC 12 (2014): 57-62.

13. "Context matters: From Palmyra to Mayfair: the movement of antiquities from Syria and northern Iraq." JAC 13 (2015): 73-80.

14. "Context matters: Malibu memoirs: Marion True breaks silence." JAC 14 (2015): 65-71.

15. "Context matters: The auction market and due diligence: the need for action." JAC 15 (2016): 73-77.

16. "Context matters: The returns from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen." JAC 16 (2016): 81-87.

17. “Context matters: Drusus Minor and Tiberius.” JAC 17 (2017): 89-96.

18. “Context matters: Recently surfaced antiquities: ignoring the evidence?” JAC 18 (2017): 69–74.

19. “Context matters. Horse trading: museum exhibitions and cultural property.” JAC 19 (2018): 63–70.

20. “Context matters: Thefts from Museums and Archaeological Stores.” JAC 20 (2018): 83–86.

21. “Context matters: Transparency and good faith in the contemporary antiquities market.” JAC 21 (2019): 79–85.

22. “Context matters: Nicolas Koutoulakis, the antiquities market and due diligence.” JAC 22 (2019): 71–78.

23. “Context matters: Selinous at the Getty.” JAC 23 (2020): 73–77.

24. “Context matters: The fragmentary gifts of Walter Nussberger.” JAC 24 (2020): 57–60.

25. “Context matters: The Graham Geddes collection and loans to museums.” JAC 25 (2021): 99–106.

26. “Context matters: Reflections on the Várez Fisa collection in Madrid.” JAC 26 (2021): 85–94.

27. “Context matters: Fragmented Athenian cups.” JAC 27 (2022): 77–84.

28. “Context matters: The Minneapolis Doryphoros.” JAC 28 (2022): 77–81.

29. “Context matters: Returns from the Shelby White Collection.” JAC 29 (2023): 49–55.

30. “Context matters: Art-washing the past.” JAC 30 (2023): 47–51.

31. “Context matters: Returns from the Shelby White Collection: An addendum.” JAC 30 (2023): 53–54.

32. “Context matters: The returns from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.” JAC 31 (2024): 39–42.

33. “Context matters: Roman Fresco Fragments at the J. Paul Getty Museum.” JAC 32 (2024): 71–77.

34. “Context matters: Pottery fragments and Frieda Tchacos.” JAC 33 (2025): 65–70.

35. “Context matters: Collecting South Italian Pottery.” JAC 34 (2025): 65–73.