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SPREADING THE WORD IN BRUSSELS
he first in a series of articles on issues concerning antiquities and the art market for distribution within the European Parliament and to representatives at the recent Davos summit.
MUCH STRICTER E.U. IVORY RULES SET FOR JANUARY 19, 2022
The European Commission has upgraded its ivory trade restrictions as part of a proposal for a new EU Directive against environmental crime. The new rules will come into effect on 19 January, 2022. Although targeted chiefly at banning trade in raw ivory, the...
Yorkshire Museum acquires the Ryedale Hoard
Welcome news that the Yorkshire Museum has acquired the Ryedale Hoard. The 1,800-year-old collection of ritual artefacts discovered in North Yorkshire in May 2020 went for auction earlier this year. The museum acquired the hoard thanks to a large donation from an...
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The clock is ticking for the European art market
It is astonishing that so many of the high level art market seminars and conferences being held across the world – and notably in the UK and Europe – fail to address what is likely to be the biggest issue for those concerned next year. For all the talk of AI,...
Fiasco – a view of what’s to come once the new EU import regulation comes into force
Customs and shipping fiasco proves a cautionary tale for the enforcement of the new EU import regulation.
Why citizens’ rights suffer under the spread of bilateral agreements
Memoranda of Understanding serve a less publicised purpose than protecting cultural property: oiling the wheels of international diplomacy and geopolitical influence. In doing so, the rights of innocent private citizens are subsumed to what is questionably viewed as the wider interest.