ARCA
ART AND CULTURAL HERITAGE CONFERENCE 2013 JUNE 21-23
The Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA) has o
Friday, June 21
18.00 Opening Cocktails at Palazzo Farrattini Conference is held at Chiostro Boccarini
Saturday, June 22
9.00 Conference Opening
9.15-10.40 Panel 1
10.40-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 Panel 2
12.30
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13.30 Lunch in the Cloisters
13.30
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14.30 Stefano Alessandrini and Derek Fincham discussion on the Fano Athlete/Getty Bronze
14.30
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16.00 Panel 3
16.00- 16.20 Coffee Break
16.30
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18.30 ARCA Award Presentation
20.00 Conference Dinner at La Locanda
Sunday, June 23
9.15
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11.00 Panel 4
11.00-11.20 Coffee Break
11.20
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13.00 Panel 5
13.00 Closing
2013 Conference Schedule
9.00 Conference Opening
9.15-10.40 Panel 1
Panel 1 will be moderated by Marc Balcells Magrans, a Fulbright scholar, Spanish criminologist, and a criminal lawyer. He currently lives in New York where he is completing a PhD in Criminal Justice.
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Toby Bull, Senior Inspector, Hong Kong Police Force
Senior Inspector Toby Bull has been in the Hong Kong Police Force since 1993. He holds a degree in Fine Arts and is a qualified art authentication expert. He is published and has lectured extensively on the subject of art crime in the Hong Kong and China region. Recently, he founded TrackArt, an Art Risk Consultancy, which is based in Hong Kong.
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Property of a Hong Kong Gentleman, Art Crime in Hong Kong - Buyer Beware
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Believed to be one of the largest illegal business in the world, the black-market antiquities trade ranges from the impoverished tomb-raider via organised criminal networks through to the dealers and auction houses in Europe, America and Asia. Looted antiquities are typically smuggled across porous borders, often acquiring fictitious provenance along the way. Documents claiming false authenticity and providing assurances that the items have not been looted, as well as outright fakes of antiquities are also common occurrences. The worldwide popularity and high prices for Chinese archaeological artefacts have encouraged illegal excavation and smuggling of cultural property. Although Chinese authorities have intensified their efforts to crack down on smuggling and illicit excavation, it continues practically unabated. This huge demand for Chinese cultural artefacts has caused serious damage to China's cultural heritage. A distinctive feature of the trade in Chinese antiquities is the important role played in the market by the transition ports such as Hong Kong. Hong Kong is seen as the way station for much of China's exported artefacts on their journey to collections abroad. This talk will look at the nature of the Hong Kong market, the extent of the problem of looted artefacts, as well as addressing the issue of fakes that enter the local Hong Kong market. It also looks at whether greater due diligence or some form of regulation amongst the local dealers could be brought in to help diminish and eventually stop the trade in illicit antiquities
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Saturday June 22nd