A new art trafficking report commissioned by France's culture ministry says its museums must tighten up their acquisitions policies:
French minister of culture Rima Abdul-Malak, second from left, and the museum and art market experts whom she commissioned to write the report, from left to right: Arnaud Oseredczuk, Christian Giacomotto and Marie-Christine Labourdette. Photo credit: Ministry of Culture / M. Habibi
The investigation has cast a shadow on France’s top cultural institutions and agencies, which it likens to diplomatic envoys, and thus is integral to maintaining the country’s economic clout. The development of the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum was as much an exercise in international relations as an artistic exchange. Its collection was fashioned by the France Muséums consultancy firm.
The report sketches a current context for the concern about art trafficking as competition within the global art market, and “between major countries in terms of their cultural influence, is particularly harsh.” Added to the mix are rising demands for restitution, and the “European reconfiguration” due to Brexit, of the once “growing domination of Anglo-Saxon public auctions,” warns the report.
“On our end, we have already started to move forward with certain recommendations, which will be applied as early as 2023,” said a ministry spokesperson. The other government ministries referenced in the report, which calls for a wide-reaching, concerted state effort, also “showed that they are aware of the stakes,” added the official.
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