Recent Programs:

The Future of the Past –
Collecting Ancient Art
in the 21st Century
Sponsored by the
American Committee
for Cultural Policy

Asia Society
725 Park Ave
New York, NY 10021-5088
Sunday, March 18th
Doors open 10:00am
Program 10:30 am – 12:00pm
Free to the public
Panelists:
Naman Ahuja
Kate Fitz Gibbon, CPRI
Kurt Gitter
Arthur Houghton, CPRI
James Lally
James McAndrew
Julian Raby
Marc Wilson
with Melissa Chiu, Director, Asia Society
& Vishakha Desai, President, Asia Society

National Press Club Event
Chasing Aphrodite  
January 24, 2012 at 6:30 pm
The National Press Club 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor - Washington, DC 20045 202-662-7500
Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World’s Richest Museum
Authors Jason Felch and
Ralph Frammolino
CPRI President Arthur Houghton
and Walters Art Gallery Director
Gary Vikan

Ruth K. Franklin Symposium on the

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Saturday, January 21, 2012.  9:30 AM.
Cantor Arts Center Auditorium

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

"Cultural Heritage and African Art:

Negotiating the Rise of Ethical and Legal Collecting Concerns." 

Kate Fitz Gibbon, J.D., Santa Fe, New Mexico

Derek Fincham, J.D., Ph.D., Houston

George Okello Abungu, Ph.D., Nairobi, Kenya

Sylvester Okwunodo Ogbechie, Ph.D, UC  Santa Barbara

John Henry Merryman, Dept. of Art, Stanford University

Western Museums Association
76th Annual Meeting
September 23-26, 2011

Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu
Two Programs!
WMA Business Luncheon Keynote Address
Monday Sept. 26
with Kate Fitz Gibbon
Cultural Policy Research Institute
Art vs. the Law

then
Sunday Sept. 25
Safeguarding the Past:
An Exploration in the Illicit Trafficking of
Cultural Artifacts.
with:
Erika Lehman, Membership Coordinator, Iolani Palace
Kevin Shimoda, Private Investigator, Office of the Inspector General
Marcellin Abong, Director, Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Kate Fitz Gibbon, Attorney and Author, Cultural Policy Research Institute



Art, Collecting, and the Law
Monday, August 15,2011 7 PM-9 PM
Bonnie Magness-Gardner, FBI Art Crime Program
David Hall, Esq. Justice Department
FBI Special Agent David Kice
Kate Fitz Gibbon, Esq., CPRI
W. Roger Fry, Esq., ATADA
Wilbur Norman, ATADA

March 21, 2011

Russell Senate Office Building 485

Washington, D.C.

CPRI Presented

The Cultural Property Implementation Act:
Is It Working?
Transcript

Summary


May 21, 2011
CPRI files Freedom of Information Act Requests with the Department of State and Customs and Border Protection

CPRI



Dedicated to the study of national and international policies to protect and preserve the world's
antiquities, monuments, and archaeological sites, and to advance human knowledge for the benefit of all.


 
 
 
 
 
 

The Cultural Policy Research Institute is dedicated to advancing public education and understanding of  issues of cultural property.

Arthur Houghton in The Art Newspaper Antiquities Question Far From Settled

NY Times 07-15-2012 The Curse of the Outcast Artifact

The Future of the Past - Collecting Ancient Art in the 21st Century
March 18, 2012
CPRI's Arthur Houghton and Kate Fitz Gibbon joined a panel of distinguished experts for an important public program at The Asia Society in New York. A standing-room only audience heard distinguished panel of experts from the arts world take on controversial issues facing today’s museums and the collectors that support them.

Link to 2 hour video of this public program    Transcript of the program


Chasing Aphrodite at The National Press Club
January 24, 2012
Authors Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, CPRI President Arthur Houghton and Walters Art Gallery Director Gary Vikan discuss Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World’s Richest Museum.

Ruth K. Franklin Symposium on the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

"Cultural Heritage and African Art:  Negotiating the Rise of Ethical and Legal Collecting Concerns."

January 21, 2012

John Henry Merryman, CPRI's Kate Fitz Gibbon, Derek Fincham, George Okello Abungu, and Sylvester Okwunodo Ogbechie discuss cultural heritage in Africa.


CPRI researches legal, administrative, political and ethical issues concerning acquisition, display, conservation and publication of cultural artifacts by museums and private individuals in the United States.
We support preservation and accessibility for art and artifacts and the protection of archaeological sites everywhere.

Our goals are to:
  • share information on cultural policy issues through our website, www.cprinst.org.
  • outreach to the museum community
  • analyses of laws and international agreements.
  • encourage cooperation between U.S. and foreign institutions and governments to preserve cultural heritage for future generations. 
  • protect cultural sites of all types from damage or destruction by conflict, looting, development or neglect.

Our members include distinguished legal specialists, museum professionals, academics, collectors, and members of the public.
We are headquartered in Santa Fe, NM. 
The Institute gratefully receives financial support from individuals, foundations and organizations. 

Contact us:

Cultural Policy Research Institute

215 W. San Francisco St.   Suite 202C  

Santa Fe, NM 87501

505.412.2209   cprinst@gmail.com