I was honored to take part in a symposium last February at the University of Kansas School of Law entitled “A Museum’s Purpose,” which addressed a variety of cultural property related topics. KU was a wonderful host, and Lawrence is a charming town. I spent a great weekend in Kansas City (which was perfect aside from the then-recent Chiefs Super Bowl win-Go Pats!), saw a Jayhawks basketball game, and even visited the grave of Dr. James Naismith, who invented the great sport of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts.
I am pleased to announce that the article I wrote for the symposium has been published in the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy. Entitled “Refuge in Exile—the Peculiar Category of Fluchtgut and Art Transferred by Victims in Flight from Nazi Persecution,” my paper seeks to address the legal status of works that changed hands in the Nazi era that are not strictly covered by the more familiar frameworks of Nazi expropriation and forced sales that have been the focus of most of the discussion since the Washington Conference in 1998, and propose a judicial and analytical framework to deal with them. In my own practice this year, the Allentown Cranach story is an illustrative example.
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Topics:
University of Kansas,
South Texas College of Law,
Washington Conference Principles,
UCLA School of Law,
Nazi persecution,
flight goods,
Derek Fincham,
Fluchtgut,
Dr. James Naismith,
Lauren Van Schilfgaarde,
MacKenzie Mallon,
Michael Hoeflich,
Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy,
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Megan Gannon
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
