Upcoming 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

Legal Officer: Peter K. Tompa

Peter Tompa is an attorney practicing in Washington, D.C.  His work  is devoted to problem solving for individuals, not-for-profits, and corporations, primarily in employment disputes and matters related to the construction of contracts. He also provides advice, litigation, and lobbying services related to the trade in cultural artifacts.   He  has appeared in numerous federal and state trial and appellate courts. He has lobbied members of the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch in an effort to ensure that his small business clients receive fair treatment from federal regulators. His advocacy has received notice in the media, including the New York Times, the Art Newspaper, and the Voice of America.  He is a member of the International Cultural Property Committee of the American Bar Association and a board member of the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild, an advocacy group for coin collectors. 

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