Provenance
&
Restitutions

Règles de l'art can assist you with dispute resolution

or with questions relating to stolen works of art.

Representative Mandates

Represented Confederation College (Thunder Bay) in the context of a litigation regarding the ownership of two stolen Norval Morrisseau works, which resolved by way of a restitution of the paintings to the college.

For more information on the case, see:

Charnel Anderson, TVO, “‘A huge mystery’: How Thunder Bay got its stolen Norval Morrisseau paintings back” (June 10, 2022). [article | video]

Negotiated the restitution of, and obtained the export permit for, a portrait by a major 17th century artist.

Advised a museum with respect to a multi-jurisdictional dispute regarding the ownership of a 5th Century bas-relief originating from Persepolis.

Provided counsel in a litigation before the Court of Appeal of Quebec regarding the ownership of a stolen painting.

“‘Tis Mine And I Will Have It… Provenance and Restitutions under Québec Civil Law”, in Paul E. Bain (éd.), Art Law Cases and Controversies, Toronto, LexisNexis, 2022, at 261.

"Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais ?", presentation on the law of restitutions during the Young Bar of Montréal’s annual congress. (May 11, 2022) 🔗
"L’inadaptation du droit canadien aux restitutions de biens culturels", on restitution law in Canada, presented during the ALAI-AJAVA colloquium on artworks and museum law. (January 26, 2022)
“Quantifying the Absence of Cultural Heritage: The Inadequate Analysis of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal”, presented with Camille Labadie during the Heritage in War and Peace II conference organized by McGill and La Sapienza universities (November 4, 2022).
Host and presentation during the “Au-delà des restitutions” evening at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts on the restitution of artworks and other cultural objects stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

Charnel Anderson, TVO “‘A huge mystery’: How Thunder Bay got its stolen Norval Morrisseau paintings back” (June 10, 2022). [link]