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Art, Law and Crises of Connoisseurship

Art, Law and Crises of Connoisseurship

Organizers: ArtWatch (UK), Center for Art Law (USA), London School of Economics, Cultural Heritage (UK).

  • LOCATION:

    The Society of Antiquarians of London, London, UK

  • DATE:

    Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.

  • RECEPTION:

    6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

poster for the conference a drawing of a thinker

Program

Connoisseurship may be defined as expertise in art in the very narrowest of senses; surprisingly, however, it is also a definition in which many different disciplines intersect. 

In the public realms of law and the art world, a ‘connoisseur’ must be recognized as being an expert, as being capable of giving credible testimony regarding the subject, and as remaining actively engaged with the world in which attributions and authentications are made.  This public recognition takes years of work and is hard-won.

Yet, does this public recognition of expertise signify accuracy or truth in the claims that a connoisseur makes about art? This one-day conference investigates the always-interrelated and often mutually-troubled processes by which connoisseurship is constructed in the fields of art and law, and the ways in which these different fields come together in determining the scope and clarity of the connoisseur’s ‘eye’.

Schedule

8.30 – 9.00: Registration

Part I: The Making of Art and the Power of Its Testimonies

 

9.00-25: Welcome and Keynote Paper: Michael Daley, “Like/Unlike; Interests/Disinterest”

9.25-9.40: Euphrosyne Doxiadis, “Perception, Hype and the Rubens Police.”

9.40-9.55: Jacques Franck, “Why the Mona Lisa would not survive modern day conservation treatment.”

9.55-10.10: Ann Pizzorusso, “Leonardo’s Geology: The Authenticity of the Virgin of the Rocks”

10.10-10.30: Discussion/Questions: –  Irina Tarsis, Center for Art Law, Moderator

10.30-11.00: Coffee

11.00-11:15: Segolene Bergeon-Langle, “Can science deliver its promises to art?”

11.15-11.30: Michel Favre-Felix, “Overlooked Witnesses: The Testimony of Copies”

11.30-11.45: Kasia Pisarek, “How reliable are today’s attributions in art?  The case of “La Bella Principessa” examined.”

11.45-12.15:  Discussion/Questions: Irina Tarsis, Center for Art Law, Moderator

12.15-1.15:  Lunch

Part II: Righting the Record – Diverse Experts as Authority

 

1.15-1.20: Introduction: Tatiana Flessas, Cultural Heritage Law, LSE Law, Moderator

1.20-1.35: Brian Allen — “Throwing the baby out with the bathwater – the Demise of Connoisseurship since the 1980s.”

1.35-1.50: Peter Cannon-Brookes, “Reconciling Connoisseurship with Different Means of Production of Works of Art”

1.50-2.05: Charles Hope, “Demotion and promotion: the asymmetrical aspect of connoisseurship”

2.05-2.20: Martin Eidelberg, “Fact vs. Interpretation: the Art Historian at Work”

2.20-2.40: Discussion/Questions: Tatiana Flessas, Cultural Heritage Law, LSE Law, Moderator

2.40-2.55: Robin Simon, “Owzat! The great cricket fakes operation”

2.55-3.10: Anne Laure Bandle, “Sleepers at auction: Boon or bane?”

3.10-3.25: Elizabeth Simpson, “Connoisseurship: Its Use, Disuse, and Misuse in the Study of Ancient Art”

3.25-3.45:  Round table discussion: Tatiana Flessas, Cultural Heritage Law, LSE Law, Moderator

3.45-4.15: Tea

Part III: Wishful Thinking, Scientific Evidence and Legal Precedent

 

4.15-4.20: Intro by Session Moderator, Charles Hope.

4:20-4.35: Irina Tarsis, “Reputation is no Substitute to Due Diligence: Lessons from the closure of the Knoedler Gallery (1857-2011) ”

4:35-4.50: Nicholas Eastaugh, “The Challenge of Science: Does ‘Fine Art Forensics’ Really Exist?”

4.50-5.05: Megan Noh, “Trends in Authentication Disputes”

5.25-50: Final Discussion/Questions: Charles Hope, Moderator.

5.50-5.55: Closing Remarks: Irina Tarsis, Center for Art Law.

6.00-7.30: Reception

Our Speakers