Oeke Hoogendijk

How an ancient collection from long lost civilizations became a focal point of one of the world’s major political controversies today.

The travelling exhibition Crimea: Gold and Secrets from the Black Sea is stuck in Amster-dam; the art collection has become a pawn in the fierce power struggle between Russia and Ukraine, with both countries claiming the collection as their own. The Netherlands has un-willingly become a referee: to which party should the treasures be returned?