Opportunities: 8 October 2015

Opportunities

Learning, networking, conference and employment opportunities in cultural property, art crime research, antiquities trafficking research, provenance studies, and related things. Postings are not endorsements.

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1. Art & Money Laundering, Conference, Geneva

Hosted by the Art Law Foundation and the Art Law Centre, the conference “L’art & le blanchiment d’argent” brings together a number of people interested in discussing this type of crime.

When: 13 November 2015
Where: Université de Genève
Register: More information forthcoming

See: http://www.art-law.org/events/blanchiment.html

2. Forger John Myatt speaking on Art Fraud, Bath

The famed (and convicted forger) will be speaking as part of The Victoria Art Gallery’ exhibition about (and containing) fake art

When: 13 October 2015
Where: Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

See: http://www.victoriagal.org.uk/friends-events
Press: http://www.bathecho.co.uk/news/community/chance-for-locals-to-turn-detective-over-art-forgery-63860/

3. UK National Committee of the Blue Shield Forthcoming Events Page

If you have interest in the protection of cultural heritage in times of armed conflict, please check out the UK Blue Shield Events Page. There is some crossover with listings here, but I wanted to signpost the site for those of you who want to see the non-cultural property events related to this topic.

Thanks to Dr Emma Cunliffe for compiling all those events in one convenient place.

Bookmark: http://ukblueshield.org.uk/events/forthcoming-conferences/