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Financial Action Task Force Report’s anti trade approach rings alarm bells
Just released, the Financial Action Task Force's new report, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Art and Antiquities Market, takes a highly irresponsible approach. The FATF is an independent global body investigating crime whose reports should prove key to...
Metal detectorist finds extraordinary tudor jewel
Judged to be the most important Tudor find for 25 years, the extraordinary discovery of a gold chain and pendant is linked directly to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon
Trade bodies condemn UNESCO proposals to regulate art market
Led by CINOA, the international trade federation for art and antiques dealers, industry bodies across the world have reacted strongly to what they see as “very alarming” proposals from UNESCO to regulate the art market.
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Whose culture is it anyway?
How aware are U.S. citizens of what cultural heritage bilateral agreements enforced in their name mean? Would they approve of how these Memoranda of Understanding are harnessed by the State department and Customs service for diplomatic and political gain?
The EU’s new art market clampdown is neither just nor proportionate – if only we could sue
Supranational authority’s failure to join the European Convention of Human Rights – despite promising to 15 years ago – protects it from legal action by citizens unfairly suffering under import licensing law Although every member state is a signatory to the European...
Where do ethics, morals and the law really lie in India’s claim to the Piprahwa gem relics?
Sotheby’s proposed sale acts as a useful study in the dispute over rights between nations and individuals when it comes to cultural property Much in the news has been Sotheby’s proposed (and then suspended) sale of the Piprahwa Gems, a collection of gem relic...