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NOTICE


War and Cultural Heritage

A seminar to be held in London by the Institute of Art and Law in Association with Clyde and Co, on the afternoon of June 6th. The seminar will examine the impact of war on cultural artefacts, together with the relevant international and domestic legislation, in particular the Hague Convention 1954 which the UK government has announced it will ratify. The seminar will be chaired by Jonathan Wood (Clyde and Co) and speakers include Kevin Chamberlain (former legal adviser to the Foreign Office and the Illicit Trade Advisory Panel), Professor Norman Palmer (Chairman, Illicit Trade Advisory Panel) and Jeremy Scott (Withers). For further details please contact Claire Lakin cel at ial.uk.com or 0116 253 8888


Flick pays Nazi-reparation fund after years of protests
- By Lucian Harris 

LONDON. Billionaire Mercedes heir and art collector Friedrich Christian “Mick” Flick, has paid €5 million ($6.54 million) into a fund for surviving victims of Nazi forced labour... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11803> 
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“The art trade is the last major unregulated market”

Is it time for reform? Murky dealings come to light as more collectors enter the scene—and bring their cases to court- By Marc Spiegler <http://www.marcspiegler.com>  

For the last few years, the media have trumpeted contemporary art as the hottest new investment. At fairs, auction houses and galleries, an influx of new buyers—many of them from the world of finance—have streamed in. Lifted by this tidal wave of new money... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11802> 


Radical rehang at the Pompidou
Curator says new thematic display will “re-write the history of art”- By Daphné Bétard and Gareth Harris 

PARIS. For the first time in its 28-year history, the Pompidou in Paris is to display its permanent collection in thematic sections... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11800> 


The Master of the underground comic

The creator of Fritz the Cat is now a cult figure in the contemporary art market, but his drawings are hard to find- By Sarah Douglas 

NEW YORK. The first image in The R. Crumb Handbook, a new book from MQ Publications, is a photograph of the artist seated at a table in a restaurant, scribbling away on the tablecloth, presumably at work on one of his famous placemat drawings... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11799>