Law, crime and regulation
Legal cases, stolen art, regulation and tax issues remain important part of the art and antiques sector.
This category ranges from the levy of the Artist’s Resale Right to controversies over fakes and forgeries.
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New Charities Act will allow UK museums to deaccession parts of their collections
29 September 2022An update to the Charities Act coming into force over the next year will allow museums in the UK to deaccession some items.
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A Lawyer Writes: When an adviser can also become a buyer it is vital to make their position crystal clear
26 September 2022Two cases dealt with recently underline problem of this clash of interests.
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UK buyer sought for Elizabeth I roundels
20 September 2022A conjoined roundel manuscript given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Queen Elizabeth I has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the funds.
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Met museum hands back looted artefacts
12 September 2022Twenty-seven looted artefacts seized from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have been returned to Italy and Egypt as part of longrunning investigations by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit.
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Jade thieves ordered to pay back proceeds of auction sales
12 September 2022A man, who along with his father, stole valuable Chinese works of art from the home of an elderly Bedfordshire widow has been asked to pay back more than £200,000.
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UK buyer sought for Arctic exploration flag from Captain Henry Kellett
06 September 2022A flag from polar explorer Captain Henry Kellett (1806-1875) has been barred from export in the hope £120,000 can be raised to keep it in the UK.
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Warrior figure stolen from former antiques shop
05 September 2022The art and antiques trade has been asked to help track down a stolen wooden sculpture from a renowned former antiques shop in Hampshire.
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National Portrait Gallery leads call to raise £50m to keep Reynolds’ Omai portrait in the UK
03 September 2022Sir Joshua Reynolds’ portrait of Omai has been blocked from export to give institutions time to raise the funds to keep it in the UK and the National Portrait Gallery is leading the efforts.
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Police appeal after van and dealers' stock stolen in Lincolnshire
02 September 2022Lincolnshire police and an antiques dealer are appealing for any information to help track down a stolen van filled with stock.
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UK buyer sought for £2m Lombardy portrait blocked from export
17 August 2022A 17th century example of Lombard art has been blocked from leaving the UK in the hope an institution can raise the £2m to keep it here.
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Banks close down client accounts for some smaller auction houses due to anti-money laundering rules
15 August 2022Chattels auction houses operating at the lower end of the market are being told to close client accounts as the banking sector tightens its rules.
Start sizing up the anti money laundering rules now because it affects both little and large businesses
15 August 2022As the UK brought into force the EU’s fifth Money Laundering Directive in early 2020, it was believed that the art market had plenty of time to register and comply.
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National Gallery acquires two paintings via government tax scheme
09 August 2022Two Italian pictures have joined the National Gallery’s collection via the government’s inheritance tax scheme.
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News in brief – including two Roman vases stolen in Surrey
08 August 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an appeal from police for information on two Roman vases stolen in Walton-on-Thames.
Gentileschi picture seized by Italian authorities may have been exported legally
26 July 2022A picture believed to be by Artemisia Gentileschi, but previously exported as attributed to the artist, has been seized by Italy's police force.
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A lawyer writes: Client confidentiality becomes a problem when anti money laundering rules kick in
25 July 2022Two case studies reveal the kind of challenges the art trade has to tackle
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Book sellers face extra export red tape
18 July 2022New environmental laws in Germany and France mean overseas sellers of smaller items such as books are tackling another layer of red tape on top of those already presented by Brexit.
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News in brief – including a new deadline to keep Joshua Reynolds' Omai portrait in the UK
18 July 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including an export block extension for Sir Joshua Reynolds’ (1723-92) Omai portrait.
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ATG letter: Would that beautiful chess set be classed as museum quality?
18 July 2022Referring to the UK’s near-total ban on selling antique ivory objects, would the beautiful Vizagatapam, India, c.1830-50, ivory chess set in the collection of Mr Holger Langer (Collector Interview, ATG No 2550) be classed as museum quality?
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Furniture suite could be first ‘museum quality’ ivory sale
11 July 2022A suite of solid ivory and gilt furniture sold by Christie’s on July 7 appears to be the first auction lot to benefit from the exemption to the Ivory Act allowing the sale of items of ‘outstandingly high artistic, cultural and historical value’.
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