The FBI issued a press release today in which it states that with a “high degree” of confidence, it has identified the thieves responsible for the 1990 theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. This development is remarkable for what it says, and what it does not, and deserving of a skeptical view… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Art and Heritage Disputes at the University of Maastricht
Posted in Cultural Property, Restitution, UncategorizedOn March 24-25, 2013, I will be attending the Art and Heritage Disputes at the University of Maastricht. The seminar website is here: On March 25, I will speak on the topic “American Wartime Art Restitution in the 1990s and Beyond-Has it All Been Worth It?” The program highlights many other experts I look forward… Continue Reading
MFA and Harvard To Keep Iranian Antiquities, FSIA/Seizure Questions for Museums Left Unanswered
Posted in Antiquities, Cultural Property, Foreign Sovereign Immunities, Museums, RestitutionThe First Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a win for the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Harvard University concerning possession of a number of Iranian antiquities. The ruling left open, however, some interesting questions about the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). In particular, the First Circuit did not have to rule on whether antiquities… Continue Reading
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