PUBL: “Behind the Supposed ‘Billion-Dollar’ Illicit Antiquities Market“; by Maria Goretti Tai (Art and Cultural Heritage Law Newsletter)
The trade of art and antiquities has been called the laundromat for illicit money. Thus, a United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations’ report proposed an amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act: it…
CONF: Local Art Trade – A Challenge for Provenance Research?! / Regionaler Kunsthandel – eine Herausforderung für die Provenienzforschung?! (online / Bomann-Museum Celle, 1 Mar 2021; in German)
Regionaler Kunsthandel – eine Herausforderung für die Provenienzforschung?! Online / Bomann-Museum Celle1. März 2021 Am 1. März 2021 veranstaltet das Bomann-Museum Celle von 10.00 bis ca. 17.00 Uhr eine digitale Tagung, bei der…
PUBL: Africa: Trade, Traffic, Collections (Journal for Art Market Studies vol. 4, no.1, 2020)
Africa: Trade, Traffic, Collections Journal for Art Market Studies vol. 4, no.1, 2020Guest Editor: Felicity Bodenstein This issue of JAMS considers the exponential growth of an export market for cultural objects from the…
CONF: Morgan: Mind of the Collector (Hartford, 10-11 Nov 17)
Morgan: Mind of the Collector Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, November 10 – 11, 2017 J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) spent over twenty years travelling the globe to amass the largest collection of art…