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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen prays in front of a repatriated statue during a ceremony at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh.
Photographer: Kok Ky/AFP/Getty
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On Friday, a remarkable event in Cambodia illustrated some of the seismic changes occurring in the art world. At a ceremony in the capital, Phnom Penh, local officials and foreign dignitaries celebrated the repatriation of more than 100 artifacts from collections in the US and Europe—products of a sprawling multinational investigation into antiquities-smuggling. Many of the Cambodians in attendance were visibly moved, pausing to pray before the statues, which were arrayed around a vast reception hall.