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542. Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case?

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The Importance of Spiritual Values in Art

David From: Art is a place where our deepest spiritual values meet the marketplace. The second most famous Greek artwork in a European museum is the Pergamum altar in Berlin, which is unearthed by German archaeologists. So who gets it? Turkey, Greece, Macedon, Syria? Because that's probably the place that is closest to the culture of the people who pay the taxes. And strange things happen when you mix the most spiritual with the most commercial.

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