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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 day ago

Why New York can be a risky place for dealers and museums to hold art

The Manhattan District Attorney's (DA) office has for many years been seizing antiquities from dealers, collectors and even museums. Since 2017, around 6,000 objects have been seized and most of these have now been repatriated to countries of origin like India, Mexico, China and Greece. In April, the DA received a very favourable ruling from the state's supreme court allowing the seizure of the Egon Schiele drawing, Russian War Prisoner (1916), at the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum is now appealing that decision.
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fromTheartnewspaper
3 months ago

'About to throw a wrench in the market': a legal expert's view on upcoming changes to EU import law

Regulation (EU) 2019/880 is set to significantly disrupt the art market, especially affecting transactions involving non-European cultural property.
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