Posted on: September 1, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
It has been brought to our attention that during the next plenary session of the European Parliament (7-8 September 2015), there will be a presentation and vote on the own-initiative report ‘Towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe‘ led by the Committee on Culture and Education. We will be providing an overview and […]
Posted on: August 21, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
We have reached the end of the Diploma in Law and Collections Management course in Melbourne, graciously hosted by the Melbourne Museum. Thanks to the Australian Registrars Committee. Well done to all the students!
Posted on: August 4, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
For those in Australia, don’t forget about the Institute of Art and Law courses coming up in Melbourne, to be hosted at the Melbourne Museum. Next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday (11th and 12th August) there will be a ‘refresher’ course for those who have already taken the Institute’s Diploma course. The following week we […]
Posted on: August 2, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
Just two weeks ago Austria ratified the UNESCO 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. This brings the tally of States Parties to the Convention to an impressive total of 129 (out of 193 countries in the world). The non-ratifying States include mainly those of South-East […]
Posted on: July 30, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
An interesting and in-depth article appeared last week in the New York Times about Subhash Kapoor’s antiquities smuggling operation. This involved looted antiquities that had been taken from a number of cultural and religious sites throughout India, then sold to unsuspecting buyers. These were buyers of importance, including the National Gallery of Australia, which had purchased […]
Posted on: July 4, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
The World Heritage Committee is currently meeting in Bonn (28 June to 8 July) to consider nominations for inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. In addition, UNESCO’s director general, Irina Bokova has confirmed that UNESCO is entering into a contract for satellite monitoring of sites at risk of looting and destruction. At the opening of […]
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A dispute has arisen in the wake of the approval by the planning inspectorate of Shropshire council of an application to build 117 homes on the fringe of Old Oswestry Hill Fort, a 3,000-year-old earthwork dubbed “the Stonehenge of the Iron Age”. It is said to have been the birthplace of Queen Ganhumara – Guinevere […]
Posted on: June 25, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
A proposed reform to copyright law, due to be voted on next month by the European Parliament, could lead to restrictions being imposed on the right to use photographs of modern buildings and public artworks, such as statues. At present, UK law allows such images to be used freely by the photographer, a right known […]
Posted on: June 23, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
The UK has at last committed itself to ratification of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. More than 115 countries are party to the agreement, including all United Nations Security Council members, except for the UK. The Culture Secretary John Whittingdale says destruction and looting […]
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Britain will set up a team of “rescue archaeologists,” mirroring the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones, to salvage historic site from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, according to the Daily Mail . A group of curators from the UK will travel to Iraq, Syria, and Libya where they will work with fellow curators […]