UNIDROIT Convention

April 16, 2011
April 16, 2011

Canada and looted art

Ten years ago, on November 15-16, 2001, an international conference on looted art took place under the auspices of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, […]
April 16, 2011
May 3, 2011
May 3, 2011

What’s up with Norway?

On the face of it, the Norwegian government is behaving most appropriately. It has imposed a strict bank on all imports of cultural artifacts whose provenance […]
May 3, 2011
September 2, 2011
September 2, 2011

Seeking guidance from INTERPOL

The words vary but their meaning does not. Plunder, looting, theft, spoliation, misappropriation, pillage—call it what you wish, it all comes down to the same thing: […]
September 2, 2011
February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015

The most expensive works of art in the world and their histories (or lack thereof)-Part Three

by Marc Masurovsky 7. The Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer II, 1912, by Gustav Klimt sold for 87 million dollars at Christie’s on November 8, 2006. […]
February 25, 2015