The International Catalogue Raisonné Association panel discussion: Curatorial, digital and legal perspectives on looted art and catalogues raisonnés: an open question?

Catalogues raisonnés play a crucial role in questions around spoliated art, repatriation and restitution, and these questions are now broader and more urgent than ever. How do we catalogue looted objects? What are the legal challenges and risks of doing so? Is ‘looting’ a useful term when cataloguing work? How do museums go about checking the provenance of Nazi looted art and non-European spoliated art? Should ‘red list’ works be included in catalogues raisonnés? Does Native American art raise different issues from a cataloguing, curatorial and legal perspective? In what ways can the legal world work in tandem with museums to mitigate the risks associated with cataloguing looted art? Expert speakers will offer practical advice around spoliated art when putting together a collection catalogue, database or catalogue raisonné.

Join us online on July 15th, 4pm BST,  for a spotlight event exploring these vital issues through the eyes of museum curators, art historians, and art lawyers.

Book tickets here: https://buytickets.at/internationalcatalogueraisonnassociation/1684652

We’re thrilled to be joined by Frances Fowle, our International Catalogue Raisonné Association board member and Emeritus Professor at Edinburgh University who will chair an expert panel featuring:

🔹 Victoria Reed, Senior Curator for provenance at the Museum of Fine Art, Boston

🔹 Nicholas O’Donnell, cultural property legal expert and author of “A Tragic Fate: Law and Ethics in the Battle Over Nazi-Looted Art”

🔹 Kate Fitz Gibbon, specialist in Central Asian art law and author of “Native American Art and the Law”

📍 Don’t miss this chance to hear from thought leaders shaping the ethical future of art stewardship.