The Blog of Cultural Heritage

Alcune note critiche sulla legge 134/2026 che introduce l'immunità da sequestro giudiziario per le opere straniere importate temporaneamente in Italia per essere esposte in mostre

Cultural heritage law is an extremely complex area of law, characterised by a multitude of rules and principles governing the protection, conservation and promotion of cultural heritage. This field is of vital importance to businesses, insolvency practitioners, private individuals and operators in the cultural sector, who require a clear and rigorous regulatory framework in order to operate with confidence and certainty. This in-depth analysis aims to examine the most signifi

The legal protection of works of art and cultural heritage is an area of growing complexity and importance, particularly given the multitude of legal, economic and cultural factors that influence their management and conservation. The protection of such assets, in fact, is not limited to mere physical safeguarding, but extends to a complex regulatory framework designed to ensure the legitimacy of property rights, the prevention of offences and the promotion of artistic and cu

La legge 40/2026 è intervenuta di recente in modifica dell'art. 68 del Codice dei Beni culturali e del Paesaggio in merito alla circolazione delle opere d'arte di autore straniero: ecco una sintesi della nuova normativa

La sentenza n. 51/2026 della Corte costituzionale interviene su un nodo cruciale del Codice dei beni culturali (d.lgs. 42/2004): la certificazione di ingresso delle opere d’arte che arrivano temporaneamente in Italia e il diverso regime delle opere “sotto soglia” (valore inferiore a 13.500 euro) e di quelle più recenti.

Once again this year, our office has decided to support CORTONA ANTIQUARIA, Italy's oldest antiques exhibition. In an art market that...

The 60th edition of the Cortonantiquaria market exhibition opened in the evocative setting of the Centro Convegni di Sant'Agostino in...

In Italy, the export of cultural property is regulated by the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, which deals with not only the...

As in all countries, cultural assets in Austria and Germany have a high cultural value, reflect the stories of a country's identity and...

With its recent ruling of 7. April 2017, the Lazio Regional Administrative Court returned to the concept of national cultural heritage to...

Today, 29 August 2017, the rules introduced by Law 124/2017 on the export of cultural goods and restrictions enter into force. Here is an...

I recently had to advise a client on the purchase of a work of art of distant stealthy provenance: it was a painting stolen from a...

It is reported that INTERPOL has created a new app to help users identify stolen works of art. The app allows users to access INTERPOL's...

In its judgment No. 5911 of 12 March 2018, the Court of Cassation analysed a contract for the purchase and sale of works of art,...

In a note dated 30 June 2021, the Legislative Office of the Ministry of Culture provided the Export Offices with some important...

Administrative jurisprudence is once again returning to the issue of the constraint on the so-called artist's studio, understood as that...

I recently came across some measures by which the MIBACT orders the owner to immediately return to Italy works of art exported following...

This year our firm decided to support CORTONA ANTIQUARIA, Italy's oldest antiques exhibition. In an art market that also engages our...

This week, after a two-year pandemic hiatus, I attended the annual conference of the Fondation pour le Droit de l'Art at the University...

With the Ministerial Decree of October 6, 2021, the modalities for accessing the new tax bonus introduced by the Supports Bis Decree...