A new lawsuit seeking to seize a painting by Van Gogh currently at the Detroit Institute of Arts for the show “Van Gogh in America,” a painting which the plaintiff alleges was unlawfully taken has brought back into focus the law in the United States that address immunity from seizure. That is to say, what are the circumstances under which a work of art loaned on exhibition—even if stolen property—might nonetheless have to be returned to the lender? The results, and the criteria, are often surprising to the casual viewer but are important to review for museums, collectors, and anyone involved in art loans.
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Topics:
Malevich,
Schiele,
22 U.S.C. § 2459,
Pinacoteca di Brera,
Museum of Modern Art,
Van Gogh,
IFSA,
Leopold Collection,
Portrait of Wally,
Immunity from Seizure Act,
State Department,
Detroit Institute of Art,
Brokerarte Capital Partners LLC,
The Reading Lady,
Liseuse De Romans,
George Caram Steeh,
Gustavo Soter,
The Novel Reader,
replevin
L'Harmattan has published a new volume entitled Éthique et patrimoine culturel—Regard croisés (Ethics and Cultural Patrimony: Viewpoints), which is a collection of papers presented at a conference in October, 2015 at L'Ecole du Louvre in Paris. I spoke at the conference and submitted the full treatment of my remarks to the book entitled "Public Trust or Private Business? Deaccessioning Law and Ethics in the United States." My co-presenters were eloquent and their expanded research and essays are well worth reading. Copies can be ordered here.
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Topics:
cultural property,
Denis Michel Boëll,
Ecole du Louvre,
National Consultative Ethics Committee,
Deaccession,
Schwabinger Kunstfund,
Marie Cornu,
Musée de la Marine,
Council of Voluntary Sales,
Tehran,
Baptiste Brown,
Marie Berducou,
Stéphane Duroy,
University of Toulouse Capitole,
Michel Van Praët,
University of Shahid Beheshti,
Philippe Durey,
Arnaud Beaufort,
University of Poitiers,
University Western Bretagne,
Nathalie Heinich,
Milan,
Julien Chapuis,
Pinacoteca di Brera,
French National Commission for UNESCO,
Philippe-Henri Dutheil,
University Rennes,
Vincent Negri,
Céline Castets- Fox,
Astrid Müller Katzenburg,
Sophie Vigneron,
Sullivan & Worcester LLP,
Events,
University of Kent,
Museum for Byzantine Sculpture Collections and Art,
Noëlle Timbart,
Dominique Jarrassé,
Claire Barbillon,
Gilles Ragot,
University of Montreal,
State Museums in Berlin,
International Society For Law Research of Cultural,
Edouard Planche,
Emmanuelle Polack,
Université Paris Sud,
EY Société d’avocats,
Janet Blake,
Jacques Bittoun,
Catherine Chadelat,
Jérôme Fromageau,
Vincent Gautrais,
Geraldine Goffaux Callebaut,
Daniel Janicot
I am looking forward to participating next month in a symposium entitled :"Ethics and Cultural Patrimony: Viewpoints" at L'Ecole du Louvre in Paris on October 20-21, 2015. The event is organized by L’Institut Droit Ethique Patrimoine (Institute of Law, Ethics and Heritage), in partnership with l’Institut d’Etudes de droit public (Institute of Public Law Studies) and l’Ecole du Louvre, and take place at the Ecole du Louvre, Palais du Louvre, porte Jaujard, place du Carrousel, 75001 Paris. The conference website (with registration) can be found here, and the brochure can be opened here.
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Topics:
Bordeaux University Montaigne,
cultural property,
Lafferière-François Julien,
Denis Michel Boëll,
Ecole du Louvre,
National Consultative Ethics Committee,
Deaccession,
Schwabinger Kunstfund,
Marie Cornu,
James Bradburne,
Geraldine Goffaux Callebau,
Musée de la Marine,
Council of Voluntary Sales,
Tehran,
Astrid Müller-Katzenberg,
Baptiste Brown,
Conservation,
ICOM,
Marie Berducou,
Stéphane Duroy,
University of Toulouse Capitole,
National Heritage Institute,
Michel Van Praët,
University of Shahid Beheshti,
Paris,
Philippe Durey,
Arnaud Beaufort,
University of Poitiers,
University Western Bretagne,
Nathalie Heinich,
Milan,
Julien Chapuis,
Pinacoteca di Brera,
French National Commission for UNESCO,
Philippe-Henri Dutheil,
University Rennes,
Vincent Negri,
Durey Philippe,
Céline Castets- Fox,
Gurlitt,
Restitution,
Sophie Vigneron,
Bittoun Jacques,
Sullivan & Worcester LLP,
Events,
University Institute of France,
University of Kent,
Museum for Byzantine Sculpture Collections and Art,
National Library of France,
Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of,
Noëlle Timbart,
Chadelat Catherine,
Dominique Jarrassé,
Claire Barbillon,
Janicot Daniel,
Gilles Ragot,
University of Montreal,
State Museums in Berlin,
Nicholas M. O'Donnell,
International Society For Law Research of Cultural,
Edouard Planche,
Emmanuelle Polack,
Fromageau Jérôme,
Université Paris Sud,
EY Société d’avocats,
Gautrais Vincent,
Janet Blake
