Subhash Kapoor (art dealer)

Not to be confused with Subhash Kapoor, the Indian film director.
Subhash Kapoor
NationalityIndian American
Years active1974–2011
Criminal statusConvicted in India
Criminal chargeart theft, grand larceny,[1] criminal possession of stolen property[1]
Penalty7 year prison term for conspiracy, and an additional 3 years for dealing in stolen objects

Subhash Kapoor is an Indian American art smuggler who was convicted for running a $100 million international smuggling racket.[2][3] He was previously the owner of the Art of the Past gallery in Manhattan. His sister business, Nimbus Import/Exports, specialised in selling antiquities from across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia to major museums around the world.[4][1]

  1. ^ a b c "Jailed Art Dealer Subhash Kapoor Charged In US With Looting Artifacts". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ^ Anne Maria Nicholson (6 March 2014). "National Gallery of Australia defends practices despite admitting it may have been conned into buying stolen Indian art". ABC. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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  4. ^ Adam Matthews (5 December 2013). "The man who sold the world". GQ. Condé Nast Digital India. Retrieved 23 April 2014.