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Robert K. Wittman Lecture Series

Spring/Summer 2022

Join us this Spring at the Medici Museum for this special lecture series with one of the most famous art detectives in the world, best-selling author, and art crime expert Robert K. Wittman. Drawing on the headline-making cases he worked on, Robert Wittman explores notorious art heists and daring recovery operations.

Art Crime: Frauds, Forgeries, and Fakes

Wednesday, May 4th, 7:00-9:15PM

Join FBI agent, best-selling author, and art crime expert Robert Wittman to uncover the inside stories of the multi-billion dollar worldwide business of art crime where frauds, forgeries, and fakes are the largest component.

Drawing on cases he worked on personally during his long and illustrious career in the FBI's National Art Crime Team, Mr. Wittman will share stories and details of famous art forgeries. We'll meet a fake Saudi Sheikh with a fake Rembrandt and find out about a forged contemporary piece by Jean Michele Basquiat. Using visuals and video, we will also dig into a fraud case that rocked PBS's Antiques Road Show years ago. Later, we will learn about legal rulings and protections for art collectors and find out how not to acquire a fake or a forgery!

Led by an expert on art fraud, award-winning author, and FBI agent, Robert K. Wittman, this interactive talk will explore the multi-billion-dollar industry of fakes and forgeries.

More info: https://www.medicimuseum.art/robert-k-wittman-lecture-series

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-crime-in-the-21st-century-robert-k-whittman-lecture-series-tickets-265636374547?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

While the human costs of this war are at the forefront of everyone's mind, it nevertheless remains important to gain a better understanding of the terrible destruction and damage also being caused to religious establishments, historical monuments and cultural institutions such as theatres and museums. This webinar is an attempt to set out the rules and practices of war in relation to the protection of cultural property against the backdrop of this tragic and ongoing conflict.

Date: Friday, 6 May 2022

Time: 1.00pm – 2.30pm (UK time), online via Zoom

Speakers:

• Kevin Chamberlain CMG, former deputy legal adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and author of War and Cultural Heritage (2nd edn, IAL, 2014)
• Professor Peter Stone OBE, President of Blue Shield International and UNESCO Chair of Cultural Property Protection and Peace, Newcastle University
• Kristin Hausler, Director of the Centre for International Law and Dorset Senior Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
• Irina Tarsis, Founder and Managing Director, Center for Art Law
• Kateryna Busol, International Lawyer and Academy Associate, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House

The panel will cover a range of areas including: the respect owed to cultural property under the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (the 'Hague Convention') and its two Protocols, as well as other aspects of international humanitarian law, past practices of protecting cultural and religious sites during war and the situation on the ground in Ukraine.

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Cost: £36.00 including UK VAT. All proceeds will be donated to the British Red Cross - Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

Explore the issues that museums have to consider and what they go through when they go through the deaccessioning process. 

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/288646538567

Hosted by the University of Opole, Poland.

Call for abstracts deadline: March 15, 2022

More information here: https://sirdpa.hypotheses.org/394

Ukraine is a country rich with sites of immense cultural, historical, and archeological significance. It boasts several World Heritage Sites, as well as a host of treasures in their national and regional museums. Russia’s war against Ukraine has resulted in the decimation of cities, the killing of hundreds of civilians, and the destruction of some of Ukraine’s important cultural treasures. As the war rages on, experts fear that Ukraine’s cultural heritage may also be another casualty of war. This panel will examine the current destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage and those sites that are at critical risk. Through this perspective, the panel will examine the international legal regime behind the protection of cultural heritage during armed conflict. This includes a discussion of the obligations of parties to protect cultural heritage, enforcement mechanisms against intentional or collateral destruction, the doctrine of military necessity, and subsequent accountability for any unwarranted damage to cultural heritage.

Register here: https://www.aals.org/cultural-heritage-destruction-in-ukraine/

Join the National Arts Club and Center for Art Law for a conversation with Julia Szabo, a journalist dedicated to archiving and promoting the work of her artist mother, Martha Szabo, and Diana Wierbicki, an attorney specializing in art, estate planning and tax issues for artists. Together, the two will discuss the ins and outs of legacy and estate planning, from the perspectives of an attorney and a family member planning for the estate of a loved one. This is an in-person event at the National Arts Club. 

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-legacies-of-artists-a-conversation-on-artists-trusts-and-estates-registration-304175937417