1. Career
     Ode to the Sea exhibit  

2. Bibliography

3. References

Career

Thompson holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a Ph.D. in art history from Columbia University.^[4] She has written about art theft, repatriation cases, and ISIS destruction of ancient art and archeological sites like Palmyra, Syria. She has given a TEDx talk on Terrorists and Archeologists: How the Past Belongs to the Present.”^[5] Thompson also testified as an expert witness in the 5Pointz graffiti art case.^[6]

In 2015, Thompson co-curated the exhibit “The Missing: Rebuilding the Past" at the Andrew and Anya Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, which included works by artists and scholars, such as Morehshin Allahyari, who protest ISIS and other forms of destruction of the past through creative protests and reconstructions.^[7]

Ode to the Sea exhibit

In 2017, Thompson co-curated the exhibit “[https://www.artfromguantanamo.com/ Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo]” at the President’s Gallery, John Jay College, New York. The exhibit included works created at Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp by eight detainees, half of whom are still detained.^[8] Due to the response to the exhibit, the Pentagon prohibited any further artwork from leaving Guantánamo.^[9] Thompson appeared on The Opposition with Jordan Klepper to defend the exhibit.^[10]

Bibliography

• Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present (Yale, 2016). Named an NPR Best Book of 2016.^[11]
• "[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/opinion/guantanamo-art-prisoners.html Op Ed: Art Censorship at Guantánamo Bay]," New York Times (November 27, 2017).
• "[https://www.thenation.com/article/what-we-can-learn-from-art-painted-inside-guantanamo/ What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo]," The Nation (December 4, 2017).
• "[https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/10/02/art-from-guantanamo/ Art from Guantánamo]," Paris Review Daily (October 2, 2017).
• "[https://www.kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2017-julyaug/selections/erin-l-thompson-656342/ Palmyra in Winter]," The Kenyon Review (July/August 2017).
• "[https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/hobby-lobby-antiquities/ Hobby Lobby’s Antiquities Trouble]," Sapiens (July 10, 2017).
• "[https://aeon.co/essays/what-drives-art-collectors-to-buy-and-display-their-finds Why People Collect Art]," Aeon (August 23, 2016).
• "[https://aeon.co/ideas/if-we-return-nazi-looted-art-the-same-goes-for-empire-looted If We Return Nazi-Looted Art, The Same Goes for Empire-Looted]," Aeon (July 5, 2016).
• “[https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-05-18/islamic-state-s-war-on-art-turns-a-profit Op Ed: Islamic State’s War on Art Turns a Profit],” Bloomberg View (May 18, 2015).
• [https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/10/08/protecting-syrias-heritage/restrict-imports-of-antiquities-from-syria-to-cut-down-on-looting “Op Ed: Restrict Imports of Antiquities from Syria to Cut Down on Looting],” New York Times (October 9, 2014).
• “[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/opinion/egypts-looted-antiquities.html?_r=0 Op Ed: Egypt’s Looted Antiquities],” New York Times (May 30, 2014).

References

• Anse à Pitres
• Anse-à-Valleau Wind Farm
• Anse-à-Veau
• Anse à Veau
• Anse à Veau Arrondissement
• Anse-à-Veau Arrondissement
• ANSF
• Ansfelden, Austria
• Ansford Academy
• Ansford Community School
• ANS form control
• Ansfrid (disambiguation)
• Ansfrid of nonantola
• Ansfrid of Nonantola
• Ansfridus of Utrecht
• Ansgar Brinkmann
• Ansgarde of Burgundy
• Ansgarde of burgundy
• Ansgar (disambiguation)
• Ansgar (name)
• Ansgar Nelson
• Ansgar Wessling
• ANS Group of Companies
• An Sgurr (disambiguation)
• An-shan