IBA Annual Conference Sydney 2017

8 Oct - 13 Oct 2017

Room C3.5, Convention Centre, Level 3

Session information

Trading in art assets: restrictions of the state and the resolution of disputes relating to art works

Thursday 12 October (1115 - 1230)

Room C3.5, Convention Centre, Level 3

Committee(s)

International Commerce and Distribution Committee (Lead)
Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee

Description

Art assets comprise a range of items that are sold, donated, bequeathed, recovered or lost. The state, or state agencies, often touch and have a role in such matters and circumstances. This session will focus on: • local restrictions on the sale of aboriginal/native art for sale outside the home jurisdiction and the international impact on reception/delivery in third-party states; attention will be given in particular to the restrictions and protections in place for Australia and the region; and • arbitration and international trading in art; an interesting question around 'applicable laws' has arisen in recent times: should the law of the art work’s originating country be the applicable law? Current arbitration considerations will be discussed. The intention is to provide a current and interesting look at these elements in an interactive manner.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Olivier De Baecque De Baecque Bellec, Paris, France; Working Group Coordinator, Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee
Laura Opilio CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, Rome, Italy; Vice Chair, International Commerce and Distribution Committee

Speakers

Francesca Cavazzini Bonhams, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sandrine Giroud LALIVE, Geneva, Switzerland; Co-Chair, Young Litigators Forum
Sönke Lund ÉCIJA, Barcelona, Spain; Programme Co-Officer, Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee
Professor Elisabeth Peden University of Sydney Law School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marc-Andre Renold Etude Renold Gabus-Thorens et Associé(e)s, Geneva, Switzerland