The Night Before the Theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Concert Who went to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum the night before the notorious theft of over a dozen artworks? Carmen Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of…
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ancient coins | art market | collectors | due diligence | ethics | Iraq | legislation | museums | Syria | terrorism funding
Steering Clear of ISIS Loot: Don’t Buy, Apply Strict Due Diligence
Ancient artifact collectors share a passion for history, culture, and aesthetics. The best collectors embrace their role as stewards of heritage by dutifully caring for cultural material through conservation, storage, display,…
House Adopts The Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
The Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act passed the House of Representatives late this afternoon. H.R. 889, which received broad bipartisan support by legislators in Congress, now goes to…
House Passes Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act
On Monday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1493, the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act.CHL has prepared a video snippet of the debate and vote, courtesy of…
Antiquities Coalition | antiquities market | antiquities trafficking | art market | Egypt | imports | Middle East | Red Arch | statistics | terrorism funding
Culture Under Threat Conference in Cairo: Red Arch Raises Important Questions Posed by U.S. Imports of Art, Collectors’ Pieces, and Antiques
Why did the declared value of U.S. general imports of antiques over 100 years old from Syria climb 133% between 2012 and 2013, from approximately $4.7 million to $11 million?Why…