19 June 2025 | Art Basel Conference
- Anne Laure Bandle
- May 1
- 1 min read
For the first time, this year's Art Basel conference organised by Recht Aktuell - University of Basel will take place in English on the Thursday of the fair, that is 19 June 2025. Now in partnership with the Art Law Foundation, the new conference format is intended to address new audiences.
What has not changed is that it will bring together speakers on a large amount of topics related to art and law. I will have the pleasure to moderate a panel on the German and Swiss developments regarding claims for the return of Nazi-looted art.
Programme
10.15 – 10.35 Introduction Vanessa Rüegger, Nicolas Mosimann, Lionel Schüpbach Welcome Keynote Conradin Cramer
10.35 – 10.55 Free to Create | Create to be Free: Artistic Freedom at Times of Conflict and Crisis Keynote Sara Whyatt
10.55 – 11.10 Moderated Q&A Sara Whyatt and Vanessa Rüegger (Moderator) 11.10 – 11.30 The New German “Arbitral Tribunal for Nazi-looted Art” Matthias Weller
11.30– 11.50 Cultural Objects with a Problematic Provenance – Recent Developments in Switzerland Marc-André Renold
11.50 – 12.15 Panel / Q&A Matthias Weller, Marc-André Renold and Anne Laure Bandle (Moderator)
12.15 – 13.10 Lunch
13.15 – 13.35 AI as a Driving Force in Contemporary Art Sabine Himmelsbach
13.35 – 13.55 Legal Aspects of AI with a Focus on Copyright Lionel Schüpbach 13:55 – 14.05 Q&A
14.05 – 14.25 Did Data Protection just End Provenance Research? Esther Zysset 14.25 – 14.30 Q&A
14.30 – 14.50 Unlocking ADR’s Potential in the Art Market Justine Ferland
14.50 – 14.55 Q&A
14.55 – 15.00 Closing Remarks Vanessa Rüegger, Nicolas Mosimann, Lionel Schüpbach
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