Artwashing the Past

Artwashing the Past: Context Matters contributes to the wider discussion about the appropriate due diligence process that should be conducted prior to the acquisition of cultural objects.

David W. J. Gill is honorary professor in the Centre for Heritage at the University of Kent, and academic associate in the School of History at the University of East Anglia. He is a former Rome Scholar at the British School at Rome and Sir James Knott Fellow at Newcastle University. He had curatorial responsibility for the Greek and Roman collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University, before moving to Swansea University where he helped to establish The Egypt Centre housing the Egyptological collection of Sir Henry Wellcome. He has received the Outstanding Public Service Award from the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Cultural Heritage Protection Initiative Award from the International Arts and Antiquities Security Forum. His previous books include Sifting the Soil of Greece: The Early Years of the British School at Athens (1886-1919) (2011), Winifred Lamb: Aegean Prehistorian and Museum Curator (2018), and The World of Disney: From Antiquarianism to Archaeology (2020).