[MSN] FW: Press Release-ABA Collecting Chinese Art

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Verzonden: donderdag 26 april 2007 23:10
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Onderwerp: Press Release-ABA Collecting Chinese Art


 
PRESS RELEASE
American Bar Association International Cultural Property Committee Examines
Collecting Chinese Art and Antiquities: Hot Trade Heats Up
For Immediate Release
A panel discussion sponsored by the International Cultural Property
Committee of the Section of International Law & Practice of the American Bar
Association and co-sponsored by the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage
Preservation. The program will be held Friday, May 4, 4:30-6:00 pm, at the
Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC. 
COLLECTING CHINESE ART AND ANTIQUITIES: HOT TRADE HEATS UP
Collecting Chinese antiquities is back in fashion today. This program seeks
to investigate some of the legal and ethical dilemmas of contemporary
collecting in this field. China is one of the largest source countries for
antiquities in the world and has requested a bilateral agreement with the
United States to help curb some of the illicit trafficking of cultural
property currently taking place. Although CPAC (the Cultural Property
Advisory Committee) in Washington has met to discuss this request for a new
bilateral agreement with China in conjunction with a public session, a
decision on whether there should be an agreement is still pending. The
issues to be examined in this program include looting of archeological
sites; unprovenanced cultural property; and the problem of fakes, forgeries
and authenticity -- discussed from various points of view and ideologies.
Speakers:
 
Mr. James J. Lally, 		J.J. Lally & Co. Oriental Art, New York, NY
 
Dr. Anne Underhill, 		Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. IL
 
Dr. James Ulak,	Freer & Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institute, 

                                                Washington, DC  
 
Mr. Jerome L. Hanifin,	Serko Simon Gluck & Kane LLP, New York, NY
 
Prof. Patty Gerstenblith, 	DePaul University College of Law, Chicago,
IL
Program Moderator: 	Bonnie Czegledi, International Art & Cultural
Heritage Law, Barrister & Solicitor, and Director of the Institute of Art
and Cultural Heritage, Toronto, Canada 
For information: Bonnie Czegledi 416-929-8209; czegledi at artlaw.com
More information on the program:
http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/spring07/home.html; 
More information on the Lawyer’s Committee for Cultural Heritage
Preservation (LCCHP): http://www.culturalheritagelaw.org.