[MSN] American Bar Association International Cultural Property Committee Examines Collecting Chinese Art and Antiquities: Hot Trade Heats Up

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Verzonden: vrijdag 13 april 2007 20:08
Onderwerp: Collecting Chinese Art and Antiquities: Hot Trade Heats Up


PRESS RELEASE
American Bar Association International Cultural Property Committee Examines
Collecting Chinese Art and Antiquities: Hot Trade Heats Up
For Immediate Release
A panel discussion sponsored by the International Cultural Property
Committee of the Section of International Law & Practice of the American Bar
Association and co-sponsored by the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage
Preservation. The program will be held Friday, May 4, 4:30-6:00 pm, at the
Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC. 
 
COLLECTING CHINESE ART AND ANTIQUITIES: HOT TRADE HEATS UP
Collecting Chinese antiquities is back in fashion today. This program seeks
to investigate some of the legal and ethical dilemmas of contemporary
collecting in this field. China is one of the largest source countries for
antiquities in the world and has requested a bilateral agreement with the
United States to help curb some of the illicit trafficking of cultural
property currently taking place. Although CPAC (the Cultural Property
Advisory Committee) in Washington has met to discuss this request for a new
bilateral agreement with China in conjunction with a public session, a
decision on whether there should be an agreement is still pending. The
issues to be examined in this program include looting of archeological
sites; unprovenanced cultural property; and the problem of fakes, forgeries
and authenticity -- discussed from various points of view and ideologies.


Speakers:

Mr. Reid Dunavant,                Doyle New York, Washington, DC  

Mr. Jerome L. Hanifin,            Serko Simon Gluck & Kane LLP, New York, NY
 
Dr. Anne Underhill,                 Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago. IL

Prof. Patty Gerstenblith,         DePaul University College of Law, Chicago,
IL

Program Moderator:               Bonnie Czegledi, International Art &
Cultural Heritage Law, Barrister & Solicitor, and Director of the Institute
of Art and Cultural Heritage, Toronto, Canada 

For information: Bonnie Czegledi 416-929-8209; czegledi at artlaw.com

More information on the program:
http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/spring07/home.html; 
More information on the Lawyer’s Committee for Cultural Heritage
Preservation (LCCHP): http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org.
Bonnie Czegledi
barrister & solicitor
international art & cultural heritage law
35 Prince Arthur Avenue
TOR ON Canada M5R 1B2
direct 416.929.8209
fax     416.929.8751 
www.czeglediartlaw.ca
czegledi at artlaw.ca