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ARCSchat April 2022 Exploring NAGPRA and the 2021 Proposed Program Changes
April 5, 2022
Since 1990, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act has been in place to provide for the repatriation and disposition of certain Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. Ov…
ARCSchat January 2022: The Trials and Ethics of Rapid Response Collecting
January 11, 2022
In April of 2020, The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History launched a task force charged with collecting and documenting the impact of COVID-19 on history and culture. At a moment's notice they had to formulate a collecting strategy and …
ARCSchat October 2021: The Future of Museum Funding w/ Katherine Wilson-Milne
October 5, 2021
There has been much ado in recent years about museum funding; from institutions declining support from organizations rumored to conduct unethical business practices, to the temporary expansion of deaccession fund regulations in the field. And gosh, e…
ARCSchat September 7, 2021: Restitution and Repatriation with Alexander Herman
September 7, 2021
Like the change of seasons, the arrival of September brings the return of #ARCSchat on the first Tuesday of every month. We begin our new season with Mr. Alexander Herman, Assistant Director of the Institute for Art Law, to discuss and take your ques…
Safe Art, Safe Planet (Conference Session, 2019)
May 15, 2021
From existing models for waste reduction and partnerships for greater environmental accountability to concepts of cooperative solutions on minimizing our carbon footprint. The outlook for future generations is very troubling indeed, and the time to a…
Who's Responsible? Liability Concepts when working with Service Providers (Conference Session, 2019)
May 15, 2021
Museums increasing rely on commercial shipping, storage, and service partners to augment museum capabilities. These partners often provide critical operational support for a host of activities for both exhibitions and collections. These activities in…
A Registrar, a Broker and an Underwriter Walk into a Bar... : Advanced Topics in Insurance (Conference Session, 2017)
May 15, 2021
Hear three perspectives on insurance topics from a registrar, a fine art broker, and a fine art underwriter. Topics will include ‘absolute liability’, national clauses, jurisdictions, endorsements, and liability limiting language.'
Acquisitions and Loans: Imparting Important Facts for Import (Conference Session, 2019)
April 26, 2021
This session covers the many standards, rules, and regulations that U.S. registrars and collection managers should follow, and gives guidance for importing acquisitions and loans from foreign countries: provenance research, vetting of cultural patrim…
ARCSchat April 6, 2021: Lost in the News: Paddy Johnson Decodes the Headlines
April 6, 2021
Deaccessioning, unionizing, social justice, NFTs, and more. For the April episode of #ARCSchat, we dish on the great cultural and collections controversies in the news with Paddy Johnson, founder of VVrkshop and the Art F City blog, as well as the co…
ARCSchat February 4, 2019
February 4, 2019
The courier conundrum: Send or don't send? Hosts John Robinette (@CargaLatina), Robin Bauer Kilgo (@rbkilgo) and Amanda Robinson (@ARobKabob) speak with Jacqueline Cabrera (@jcabrera2010) and tackle the ethics and responsibility behind the decision t…
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