Recent book by Bonnie Czegledi: for more information on Crimes Against Art: International Art and Cultural Heritage Law, published by Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business, please click here

•Recent articles by Bonnie Czegledi in The Mark News: Why do Thieves Steal Art? 1 June 2010; Saving Haiti’s Cultural Treasures, 12 Feb 2010; The Art of Crime, 26 Jan, 2010

• Article: The Lawyers Weekly- Profile (Jan 2009)

• Article: "The art of the steal" Nuvo Magazine (Fall 2007)

• American Bar Association International Cultural Property Committee Examines Collecting Chinese Art and Antiquities: Hot Trade Heats Up, Washington, D.C. (4 May 2007)

• ARTS: Art's brush with the lawless, Financial Times (12 Jan 2007)

• Some of that old black market, National Post (27 Jan 2007)

• Art thieves, look out, The Globe and Mail (27 Jan 2007)

• Remember you’re a lawyer when buying art on your summer holidays, The Lawyers Weekly (14 July 2006) Vol.26 No.11

• The Art of Practicing Art Law, Law Times (July 3 2006)

 
Details of Publications and Seminars
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  • Article: "The art of the steal" Nuvo Magazine (Fall 2007)

  • Walk the Talk to End Violence Against Women and Children, Gallery Contempra in conjunction with The Woman Abuse Council of Toronto, Toronto (11 May – 11 June 2007)
     CBC "Metro Morning" interview with Bonnie Czegledi

  • American Bar Association International Cultural Property Committee Examines Collecting Chinese Art and Antiquities: Hot Trade Heats Up, Washington, D.C. (4 May 2007)

  • International Art Law Lecture Series: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
    Part 1 – “Art Crimes” (28 January 2007)
    Part 2 – “Art Crimes” (4 February 2007)
    Part 3 – “Art Crimes” (11 February 2007)
    CBC "Sounds Like Canada" interview with Bonnie Czegledi
    Review of the ROM Lecture series (Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters 88 - Art Theft, Forgery, and the Law)

  • ARTS: Art's brush with the lawless, Financial Times (12 Jan 2007)

  • Some of that old black market, National Post (27 Jan 2007)

  • Art thieves, look out, The Globe and Mail (27 Jan 2007)

  • Remember you’re a lawyer when buying art on your summer holidays, The Lawyers Weekly (14 July 2006 Vol.26 No.11)

  • The Art of Practicing Art Law, Law Times (July 3 2006)

  • “Criminals & the Art Market”, Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, Toronto (8 May 2006 6:30 p.m.)

  • Launch of The Institute of Art and Cultural Heritage, Gallery Contempra, Toronto (21 April 2006)

  • Crimes Against Culture at Royal Ontario Museum 20 April 2006, 7 - 9 pm

  • “Art Crimes”, Women’s Art Association, 23 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto (12 April 2006 12:30 pm)

  • “Fakes and Forgeries in the Art Market: ABA International Cultural Property Committee”, Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Ave,New York, NY (6 April 2006)

  • Art Crimes (International Art Law Lecture Series) at Royal Ontario Museum, February 20 - March 6, 2-4 pm (3 weeks)

  • “Criminals & the Art Market”, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (27 January 2006 6:30 – 9:30 pm)

  •  “Law Enforcement and Archaeology”, Archaeological Institute of America, Montreal QC (January 2006)

  • Faculty member and lecturer in the Law and Taxation in the Art Market (LL.M) at the University of Jean Moulin 3, in Lyon, France (2002 – current time)

  • Article: "International Cultural Property Year in Review", (2005)

  • Article: “Artful Crimes”, The Walrus (November 2005 Volume 2 Issue 9)

  • The Walrus Magazine @ The Writers Cafe: Artful Crimes, Interview with Joshua Knelman, based on the article by the same name, which won the Gold Medal Award at the Canadian National Magazine Awards, June 2006.

  • International Art Law Lecture Series: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
    Part 1 – "Fakes and Forgeries in the International Art World" Cases and International Intrigue (6 November 2005)
    Part 2 – "Techniques and Authentication Disputes" (13 November 2005)
    Part 3 – "Pillage and Profit: Legal and Illegal Trade in Indigenous Art" (27 November 2005)

  • “Canadian System for the Protection of Cultural Property”, American Bar Association, International Cultural Property Committee, Brussels (28 October 2005)

  • Article: “Bettering your after-work self”, The Globe and Mail (2 September 2005)

  • Article:  “Paint-by-numbers goes uptown”, The Globe and Mail (11 June 2005)

  • “FBI Art Crime Special Unit”, International Foundation for Art Research, New York, NY (8-9 June 2005)

  • Article:  “The case of the missing painting: Office Space”, The National Post (16 April 2005)

  • Article: "Portrait of the art Underworld", Ultra Vires (U of T Newspaper)

  • “The Future of Repatriation”, Program Moderator, International Cultural Property Committee, American Bar Association Spring Meeting, Washington, DC (15 April 2005)  

  • Article:  “In Search of Stolen Art”, The Toronto Star (8 April 2005)

  • “The Restitution of Sacred Items and Human Remains to First Nations Peoples from a Canadian Perspective”, Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities, Eighth Annual Conference, Austin, TX (11-12 March 2005)

  • International Art Law Lecture Series: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
    Part 1 – "From Collector to Criminal: When Collectors Cross the Line" (17 October 2004)
    Part 2 – "From Collector to Criminal: When Collectors Cross the Line" (24 October 2004)
    Part 3 – "From Collector to Criminal: When Collectors Cross the Line" (31 October 2004)
    Part 4 – "From Collector to Criminal: When Collectors Cross the Line"
    (7 November 2004)

  •  "Holocaust Looted Art", Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (18 April 2004)

  •  "The Cultural Heritage of Iraq: an Assessment a Year After", Program Chair, American Bar Association Spring Meeting, Plaza Hotel, New York, NY (15 April 2004)

  • “The Cultural Heritage of Iraq: An Assessment”, Co-Chair and Moderator, American Bar Association, SILP, Fall Meeting, Brussels, Belgium (14 October 2003)

  •  “The Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage”, Co-Chair, American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice, Washington D.C. (9 May 2003)

  • Article: "The Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage Program", ABA (Spring 2003) (please click here for French version)

  • “WWII Looted Art: Legal Issues”, Holocaust Education Week, UJA Federation, Toronto (4 November 2002)

  • "Legal, Historical and Ethical Issues Concerning Looted Art from a Canadian Perspective", Hadassah WIZO, Toronto (9 April 2002)

  • "Art as the Victim of War: An Historical and Legal Overview of the Problem from a Canadian Perspective", Canadian Symposium on Holocaust-era Cultural Property (Canadian Museums Association and the Canadian Jewish Congress), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Publications and Seminars (14-16 November 2001)

  •  International Art Law Lecture Series: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
    Part 1 – "Fakes and Forgeries in the International Art World"
     Cases and International Intrigue (18 November 2001)
    Part 2 – "Techniques and Authentication Disputes"
    (25 November 2001)
    Part 3 – "Pillage and Profit: Legal and Illegal Trade in Indigenous Art"
    (2 December 2001)

  • "Import/Export Considerations of the Cultural Property Trade", International Bar Association Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico (1 November 2001)

  • "An Overview of the Illicit Market for Canadian Cultural Property and the Means to Control it", International Cultural Property Committee, American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice, Monterrey, Mexico (16 October 2001)

  • Article: “Who knew what about Nazi loot? A public inquiry into art plunder might be in order”, The National Post (15 December 2000)

  • "Fakes and Forgeries: International Art Trade and Stolen Art",
    International Trade Club of Toronto (28 September 2000)

  • "Legal, Practical, and Business Issues for Exhibitors of Art in Canada", International Bar Association Annual Meeting, Amsterdam (17 September 2000)

  • Article: “Art Galleries and the Spoils of War”, The National Post (25 April 2000)

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