Organised by Christie’s with the International Association of Lawyers.
Chairs of Program: Monica S. Dugot, International Director of Restitution, Christie’s, and Marc Porter, Chairman, Christie’s Americas.
9:00–9:30
Registration of Participants
PALAZZO TURATI
Via Meravigli 9/B
20123 Milano
9:30–9:45
Welcome and Opening
Marc B. Porter, Chairman,
Christie’s Americas
9.45-10.15
The Washington Principles/Terezin Declaration: World War II Looting and Restitution in Europe since the Washington Conference (1998)
Charles A. Goldstein, Counsel to Commission for Art Recovery (New York)
10:15–10:45
Restitution and the Art Market:The Perspective from 2011
Monica S. Dugot, International
Director of Restitution, Christie’s
10:45–11:00
Coffee break
11:00–11:30
The Netherlands: The Return of The Goudstikker Collection
Lawrence M. Kaye, Co-Chair of the International Art Law Group at Herrick, Feinstein LLP (New York)
11:30–12:00
Hungary: A Case Study
Agnes Peresztegi, Director,
Commission for Art Recovery (Europe)
12:00–12:30
U.S. Experience: Portrait of Wally and the Leopold Museum
Howard N. Spiegler, Co-Chair of the International Art Law Group at Herrick, Feinstein LLP (New York) and President of The Art Law Commission, Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
12:30–1:00
The Italian Experience
Doctor Ilaria Pavan, Scuola Normale
Superiore (Pisa)
1:00–2:00
Lunch
Italian Law and Restitution
Andrea Pizzi, Studio Legale Pizzi (Bologna), Art Law Commission, Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
2:30–3:00
Ethics, Innovation and the Architecture of Claims
Professor Norman Palmer, QC (Hon), CBE, FSA Barrister Visiting Professor of Law at King’s College London
3:00–3:30
Legal and Moral Obligations to Return Cultural Objects to the Countries of Origin
Professor Tullio Scovazzi, Professor of International Law, University of Milan-Bococca, Milan, Italy
3:30–4:15
Italy – Problems of Art Restitution after WWII and Today
Konstantin Akinsha (Budapest/Bologna), Art Historian, Author, Contributing Editor of ArtNews
4:15–4:45
Coffee Break
4:45–5:15
The Search for Works of Art Stolen during World War II in Italy: Results and Operational Aspects Captain Andrea Ilari, Comandante del Nucleo Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale di Monza
5:15-6.00
Roundtable: 2011 Italian Perspective and Conclusion
Claudia von Selle (Berlin/Paris), Vice President of UIA Art Law Commission, Moderator
Konstantin Akinsha
Avv. Michela Cocchi (Bologna), President of UIA Business and Human Rights Commission
Charles A. Goldstein
Doctor Ilaria Pavan
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