Posted on: September 28, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
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Posted on: September 7, 2015 by Alexander Herman
There was a story this morning in the Guardian which once again brought to light the requests by Ethiopia for the return of the remains of one of the country’s royal princes, Prince Alemayehu, currently buried at Windsor Castle near London. The young prince had been brought to England in 1868 following the destruction of the Abyssinian fortress town of Magdala at […]
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 […]
Posted on: June 13, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
The Paris administrative court of appeal has rejected an application seeking to overturn a decision of the Minister of Culture whereby bullfighting was removed from the French List of intangible cultural heritage. The List is compiled in accordance with France’s approval in 2006 of the 2003 UNESCO Convention on Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Bullfighting […]
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Two curators at as yet unopened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo have been arrested for allegedly stealing two ancient artefacts and replacing them with replicas. The Egyptian Government is receiving advice from UNESCO in establishing the Museum which will be the first to be devoted to the entirety of Egyptian civilization and is […]
Posted on: June 11, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
Custody dispute over Caravaggio painting The Telegraph reports (4th June 2015) that a dispute has arisen between two churches in Sicily over ownership of a Caravaggio, The Burial of Santa Lucia. The churches, both of which are dedicated to Santa Lucia, are located in the port town of Syracuse. While the painting has changed location […]
Posted on: June 10, 2015 by Nina M. Neuhaus
Last week, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (‘SFOC’) handed over 32 antiquities to the Egyptian Embassy in Switzerland. The objects date from the Pharaonic and Roman period and, according to the SFOC, four of them are of “exceptional rarity, cultural value, and aesthetic quality”. These include the head of a pharaoh and a fragmented […]
Posted on: June 9, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
Further pressure is being put on the UK Government to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor has called on the UK Government to explain why it has not signed up the 1954 Convention: The Times, 5 […]
Posted on: May 29, 2015 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper
The publication and website Private Art Investor has named the Institute of Art and Law blog as one of its top art law blogs. Our blog is described as covering major art law cases and being ‘especially good at linking to other sources’. We are listed in good company too!