Monday 22 June 2015

Export Bar on Cezanne Painting

One way in which law regulates heritage and access to it is through the use of export bars.  A Cezanne landscape, which has been in Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum for 30 years, sold to an overseas buyer in February but the British Government has placed a bar on its export in the hope that a British buyer can be found.

This is interesting in showing the importance of the work of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of the Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest.  Not the snappiest name or grandest sounding body, but it has a vital function in protecting art and artefacts from the power of market forces, preserving some objects for the nation. 
 
 
The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest - See more at: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/supporting-museums/cultural-property/export-controls/reviewing-committee/#sthash.ajuVYKqX.dpuf
The Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest - See more at: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/supporting-museums/cultural-property/export-controls/reviewing-committee/#sthash.ajuVYKqX.dpuf


http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/22/cezanne-landscape-of-mediterranean-in-danger-of-export-unless-135m-raised-export-bar-government

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