from The Boston Globe -
Finders, keepers
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A highly contentious issue for those who love and breathe museums - to return or not to return artefacts of contested provenance. One particular point made in the article by James Cuno, the current director of the Art Institute of Chicago, sets up the core assumption of this debate:

"The problem with these seemingly laudable efforts, according to Cuno, is that they're not really about the artifacts, but about politics."

So it comes down to "artifacts" - and by that Cuno must had meant culture, heritage and all associated lofty ideals - and "politics". Then again, is culture or heritage really void of political underpinnings and vice versa?
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