Casting aspersions about the art market is a popular pastime. And no doubt there is much about the commercial art world that invites this criticism, not least a tendency towards secrecy (or discretion, depending whom you ask). Sometimes these criticisms lean into suggestions of rampant criminality or money laundering, for which there is actually scant support. That is to say, there is a common suggestion that the lack of a single regulatory scheme over the art market (which is not to say it is unregulated, another misconception) is evidence of participation by dealers or collectors in illicit activity. In fact, as we have written before, the far greater risk is of being used by bad actors trying to launder money through art transactions. For this and other reasons, we were proud to assist in drafting the Responsible Art Market initiative U.S. country guide and the more recent toolkit that was launched in January.
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Topics:
OFAC,
Christie's Inc.,
Responsible Art Market initiative,
Money laundering,
AML Program,
Know your customer,
H.R. 5886,
Luke Messer,
Office of Foreign Asset Control,
Illicit Art and Antiquities Trafficking Protection,
KYC
I am looking forward to next week’s Art Crime and Cultural Heritage symposium at NYU next month. I will be on a panel discussing the Gurlitt case moderated by Mel Urbach, along with Chris Marinello and Wesley Fisher. The program is as follows, and promises to be a fascinating event.
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Topics:
University of Kansas,
Megan Fontanella,
Jordan Arnold,
Klein & Solomon LLP,
International Foundation for Art Research,
Jo Backer Laird,
Amy Adler,
Sandra Cobden,
Alfred Flechtheim,
Betty Little,
NYU School of Law,
Shawnee State University,
Guggenheim Museum,
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP,
Amr Al Azm,
Christopher Robinson,
Marla Diaz,
ARIS Title Insurance Corporation,
Judd Grossman,
John Cahill,
Alice Farren-Bradley,
Inc.,
Boston University,
Art Recovery Group,
David Goldstein,
Eleonora Nagy,
Schiele,
Jane C. H. Jacob,
James Martin,
Pryor Cashman LLP,
Karl Geercken,
Judith Pearson,
Doreen Bolger,
Kevin Ray,
Museum of Modern Art,
Peter Herdrich,
Mel Urbach,
ARIS,
Chris Marinello,
III,
Pierre Ciric,
Arader Galleries,
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
William L Charron,
Christie's Inc.,
On the Shore of the Seine,
Spencer Tomkins,
W. Graham Arader,
K2 Intelligence,
MaryKate Cleary,
Laurie Rush,
Modern Sculpture Conservation LLC,
Ciric Law Firm PLLC; Holocaust Art Restitution Pro,
lston & Bird LLP,
James Butterwick,
Auctionata,
Restitution,
Colleen St Onge,
Jonathan Illari,
President’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee,
Asian Art Research & Appraisals,
Sullivan & Worcester LLP,
Events,
Simon Hornby,
Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
Bonnie Magness-Gardiner,
Art Dealers Association of America Jane Levine,
Jacob Fine Art,
Wesley Fisher,
Harry Ettlinger,
Herrick Feinstein LLP,
Baltimore Museum of Art,
Portrait of Wally,
Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens,
Nicholas O'Donnell,
National Stolen Art File and Art Crime Team,
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germa,
Francis O'Connor,
IFAR,
Sotheby's,
Bonhams,
The Heritas Group,
Ken Perenyi,
Patricia J. Graham,
Emily Kempin Professor of Law,
Whitney Museum of American Art,
Meridith Savona,
Tim Carpenter,
Vienna,
Megan Noh,
Butterwick Gallery LLC,
Paysage Bords de Seine,
Museum Security Network,
Leopold Museum,
Crozier Fine Arts Inc.,
Art Law Report,
Mari-Claudia Jiménez,
Sharon Flescher,
Michael Danti,
Holly Keris
I am pleased to be taking part in the upcoming Art Crime and Cultural Heritage symposium at NYU next month. I will be on a panel discussing the Gurlitt case moderated by Mel Urbach, along with Chris Marinello and Wesley Fisher. I’m very much looking forward to learning from my co-panelists and the other participants. Registration is available here.
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Topics:
University of Kansas,
Megan Fontanella,
Jordan Arnold,
Klein & Solomon LLP,
International Foundation for Art Research,
Jo Backer Laird,
Amy Adler,
Sandra Cobden,
Alfred Flechtheim,
Betty Little,
NYU School of Law,
Shawnee State University,
Guggenheim Museum,
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP,
Amr Al Azm,
Christopher Robinson,
Marla Diaz,
ARIS Title Insurance Corporation,
Judd Grossman,
John Cahill,
Alice Farren-Bradley,
Inc.,
Boston University,
Art Recovery Group,
David Goldstein,
Eleonora Nagy,
Schiele,
Jane C. H. Jacob,
James Martin,
Pryor Cashman LLP,
Karl Geercken,
Judith Pearson,
Doreen Bolger,
Kevin Ray,
Museum of Modern Art,
Peter Herdrich,
Mel Urbach,
ARIS,
Chris Marinello,
III,
Pierre Ciric,
Arader Galleries,
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
William L Charron,
Christie's Inc.,
Spencer Tomkins,
W. Graham Arader,
K2 Intelligence,
MaryKate Cleary,
Laurie Rush,
Modern Sculpture Conservation LLC,
Ciric Law Firm PLLC; Holocaust Art Restitution Pro,
lston & Bird LLP,
James Butterwick,
Auctionata,
Restitution,
Colleen St Onge,
Jonathan Illari,
President’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee,
Asian Art Research & Appraisals,
Sullivan & Worcester LLP,
Events,
Simon Hornby,
Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
Bonnie Magness-Gardiner,
Art Dealers Association of America Jane Levine,
Jacob Fine Art,
Wesley Fisher,
Harry Ettlinger,
Herrick Feinstein LLP,
Baltimore Museum of Art,
Portrait of Wally,
Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens,
Nicholas O'Donnell,
National Stolen Art File and Art Crime Team,
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germa,
Francis O'Connor,
IFAR,
Sotheby's,
Bonhams,
The Heritas Group,
Ken Perenyi,
Patricia J. Graham,
Emily Kempin Professor of Law,
Whitney Museum of American Art,
Meridith Savona,
Tim Carpenter,
Vienna,
Megan Noh,
Butterwick Gallery LLC,
Museum Security Network,
Leopold Museum,
Crozier Fine Arts Inc.,
Art Law Report,
Mari-Claudia Jiménez,
Sharon Flescher,
Michael Danti,
Holly Keris
