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"Risks in the Attribution of Works of Art": November 8, 2016 in Geneva

Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on October 20, 2016 at 11:14 AM

On November 8, 2016, a conference will take place organized jointly by the Art Law Foundation and the Art-Law Centre of the University of Geneva entitled Risks in the attribution of works of art: expert practices and legal considerations.  These organizations have steadly put forth multiple events per year that stand out for their breadth and substance.  Registration and further information are available here for this event, which promises to be another top-level presentation.  The general program (my translation) is below: 

Introduction: Pierre Gabus, President of the Art Law Foundation

  1. Attribution from the historical perspective and its issues

Pierre Rosenberg, Académie Française and honorary president of the Musée du Louvre

Attribution : its origins, its evolution, its limits and its failures

Mauro Natale, honorary professor of the history of art, University of Geneva.

Attribution and its issues today

Frédéric Elsig, associate professor of the history of art, University of Geneva

  1. The major problems in the practice of attribution

Mauro Natale, honorary professor of the history of art, University of Geneva

The role of the expert in the market for works of ancient art

Eric Turquin, expert in Old Master and 19th Century painting

Issues and challenges in the authentication of contemporary art—are attributions necessary or useless?

Rainer Michael Mason, historian of art and conservator

The judge and the expert

Florence Krauskopf, justice of the court of justice of Geneva

Expert opinions: liability and limits

Joëlle Becker, doctor of law, attorney, deputy in charge of education at in the department of public law, University of Geneva

  1. Buyers and sellers—be on your guard!

Tatiana Flessas, professor in the department of law at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Quis custodiet custodes ipsos? The monopoly power of art experts in the light of antitrust law

Gräfin Friederike von Brühl, doctor of law, attorney, instructor at the Freie Universität Berlin

« Sleepers » -The sale of misattributed works pursuant to Swiss, English, and American law

Anne Laure Bandle, doctor of law, co-director of the Art Law Foundation, instructor at the London School of Economics

Sale of a misattributed work in a gallery or at an art fair—comparative law and responsibility

Alessandra Donati, professor of comparative law and contracts at the University of Milan  Bicocca

  1. Improvement in the quality of expertise in the sale of art

Introduction and moderation: Marc-André Renold, professor, director of the the CDA, Chair, UNESCO in the international law for the protection of cultural property

・Pierre Rosenberg

・Hélène Dupin, attorney at the bar of Paris, reporter for the working group of committees of artists from the Institute Art & Law

・Laurence Dreyfus, art advisor

・Eric Turquin

 

Topics: authentication, Events, Attribution

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