The Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MACCH) is pleased to announce the upcoming conference: Fair and just Practices: Art and heritage worlds from the perspectives of markets and law
18 & 19 March 2016, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Recent developments in art and heritage worlds call to our attention questions of fairness and justice. While art and heritage practices have always been governed, implicitly or explicitly, by standards of fairness and justice, these standards are subject to change and are approached differently from the relevant academic fields of anthropology, cultural studies, economics, history, law, sociology, and the conservation sciences.
This conference aims to analyze and contextualize (un-)fair practices in art and heritage worlds from a variety of disciplinary and trans-disciplinary perspectives. For instance, while we currently witness a global explosion of art and heritage markets with billion-dollar auction sales dominated by ultra rich buyers, most individual artists cannot earn a living wage. And as subsidies are cut for public art and heritage institutions, ever-larger private museums emerge that house the art collections of the super rich – who in return may claim tax reductions for their philanthropy. But these issues of income inequality and distributive justice are by no means the only matters of fairness in art and heritage worlds today: A surge of art forgery cases, the illicit trade in – or restitution of – looted objects of art and heritage, as well as controversies regarding the conservation of artworks hint at further challenges and risks, respectively. How can art and heritage worlds fairly acknowledge these economic, political and ethical challenges and mitigate the legal risks? What are best practices of fairness and justice when it comes to building and reassuring trust and transparency in the market, as well as when it comes to establishing and enforcing necessary legal frameworks and regulations in art and heritage worlds at large?
Convened during The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht, The Netherlands, the conference will take place on Friday 18 March and Saturday 19 March 2016.
Further information and registration: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl
Scientific Committee
Prof. dr. Renée van de Vall, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
Prof. dr. Hildegard Schneider, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
Prof. dr. Rachel Pownall, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University
Prof. dr. Ad Knotter, Director Sociaal Historisch Centrum Limburg
Dr. Vivian van Saaze, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
Dr. Joop de Jong, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
Dr. Christoph Rausch, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Maastricht University
Mr. René Hoppenbrouwers, Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg
The Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MACCH) is a transdisciplinary research centre that brings together economic, legal, historical, philosophical, and practical expertise. In response to the demands of the increasingly multi-layered and complex challenges facing the fields of arts and heritage today, MACCH initiates collaborative research projects with researchers, professionals and students from diverse backgrounds in the fields of arts, conservation, and cultural as well as natural heritage. MACCH is a joint initiative between the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Law, the School of Business and Economics, and the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of Maastricht University, as well as the Sociaal Historisch Centrum voor Limburg and the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg.
Veranstaltungsort
Van Eyck Academie, Auditorium (Academieplein 1)/ Maastricht University, Aula (Minderbroedersberg 4-6)/Bonnefantenmuseum, Auditorium (Avenue Ceramique 250)
Academieplein 1/ Minderbroedersberg 4-6/ Avenue Ceramique 250
6211 KM Maastricht