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Most Egyptian artefacts held abroad were exported legally, says former Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty
Egyptologist professor says it is in his country’s interests to leave them where they are Egypt’s former Antiquities Minister has said that retrieving Egyptian artefacts from abroad is not in Egypt’s interests, news sources from within the country report. Prof....
New find is UK’s earliest example of Iron Age gold
Exciting news that jewellery found in a Staffordshire field is the earliest example of Iron Age gold ever found in Britain. The Daily Telegraph reports that the collection, made up of four twisted metal neckbands, called torcs and a bracelet, was discovered by two...
Panel debates on Risk Management in the Art and Antiquities Markets
City law firm K&L Gates will host the second in a series of day-long seminars on February 7 addressing risk in the art and antiquities market. The first of three panels across the day will feature Professor Janet Ulph of Leicester Law School, the University of...
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What will the EU import licensing regulations mean for the trade and others?
Now the European Union has adopted new import licensing regulations for cultural property, what will it mean for the art market?
The problem with provenance and what we can do about it
TIMES HAVE CHANGED, BUT SO HAS THE ANTIQUITIES MARKET. ITS CRITICS NEED TO RECOGNISE THIS AND WORK WITH IT FOR A BETTER FUTURE By Joanna van der Lande The inclusion of the art trade in this debate is crucial, both to explain the complexities of dealing in often small...
Terrorism, Cultural Heritage and the Threat to Museums’ Public Missions
Collector Matthew Polk, a board member of the Committee For Cultural Policy and trustee of a number of museums, has written a detailed paper on how the war on terror has shifted cultural property policy from preservation to enforcement, with a number of unwarranted...