For several years late January has been occasion for gatherings of the Responsible Art Market Initiative, a collective of art market stakeholders striving for consistency and standards in the international market that started in collaboration with the Art Law Centre at the University of Geneva. I have been proud to contribute to the RAM Task Force as it composed the Due Diligence Toolkit and country guides for, among other things, anti-money laundering legislation, and I am currently on the Advisory Board.
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Topics:
Anne Laure Bandle,
Geneva,
Sandrine Giroud,
Christie's,
Megan Noh,
Art Law Centre,
University of Geneva,
Mathilde Heaton,
Responsible Art Market,
Marc-André Renold,
Ralph Wyss,
Deloitte,
Phillips,
An Art Market in Evolution,
5th European Anti-Money Laundering Directive,
Artssurance,
Anne-Claire Bisch-Saffioti,
LINK Management,
Sharon Hecker,
Sarah Charles,
Catherine Denoun,
Rudy Capildeo,
Katharina Ammann,
Swiss Institute for Art Research,
Sarah Allen,
Hauser & Wirth,
Anne-Sophie Nardon
I was pleased to attend last week in Geneva “Building an Art Market for the Future—Guidelines for Countering Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Threats” hosted by the Fondation pour le Droit d’Art (Art Law Foundation) and the Art Law Centre of the University of Geneva. The conference was the official launch of the Responsible Art Market initiative, and offered valuable, market-focused discussion about the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing in the art market. Refreshingly, the day’s panel discussions focused on best practices and goals, rather than the oft-heard lamentations about problems with the art market. The implicit point that came through was a powerful one: as both private sellers and law enforcement speakers explained, art dealers are not engaged in large-scale shadowy financial dealings. But art dealers and buyers are at serious risk of being used by criminals engaged in money laundering, which can have serious consequences. Because willful blindness is no defense, the conference and the initiative provided valuable practical advice.
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Topics:
Pierre Gabus,
Anne Laure Bandle,
Art Dealers Association of Switzerland,
Art Law Foundation,
Geneva,
Sandrine Giroud,
Luxembourg,
Switzerland,
Art Law Centre,
University of Geneva,
AML,
Terrorist financing,
Sylvia Furrer Hoffmann,
Ricardo Sansoletti,
Ursula Cassani,
Simon Studer,
Mathilde Heaton,
Fondation pour le Droit d’Art,
Jean-Bernard Schmid,
Rakhi Talwar,
Ralph Wyss,
Responsible Art Market initiative,
Money laundering,
Stiftung Kunsthalle,
Bern,
Deloitte
