Who was Emma Bunker? Here’s some background on the Colorado scholar who played a role in laundering stolen art.
, a disgraced Bangkok dealer who faced criminal charges, that has art crime experts and the Cambodian and Thai governments concerned about the myriad pieces she helped the Denver Art Museum acquire.She earned a master’s degree from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, studying with the esteemed Alexander Soper and William Watson, two titans in the field of Asian art.
In the 1980s, she helped launch the Connoisseurs’ Council at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco to support the purchase of relics. Bunker courted wealthy Bay Area collectors, convincing them to donate their prized relics to the museum. The Bunker Gallery section of the Denver Art Museum’s Southeast Asian galleries at the Martin Building is pictured on Oct. 25, 2022.
“Emma was highly regarded as an exceptionally knowledgeable scholar,” said Jacqueline Simcox, a London art dealer.
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