{"id":123712,"date":"2026-01-20T10:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T02:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=123712"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:08:00","slug":"property-law-seminar-series-museums-and-collecting-in-asia-legal-and-other-issues-for-museums-and-private-collectors","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/events\/property-law-seminar-series-museums-and-collecting-in-asia-legal-and-other-issues-for-museums-and-private-collectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Law Seminar Series \u2013 \u2018Museums and Collecting in Asia \u2013 Legal and other Issues for Museums and Private Collectors\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"123712\" class=\"elementor elementor-123712\" data-elementor-post-type=\"mec-events\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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Private Collectors\u2019<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3eaa49b\" data-id=\"3eaa49b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b36b6b0 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b36b6b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk\/webform\/view.php?id=13725607\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Register<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341c834e event-post-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341c834e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table><tbody><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>14:00-14:10<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"497\"><p><strong>Welcome by Professor Steven Gallagher, CUHK LAW<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>14:10-15:25<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"497\"><p><strong>Panel I: Building a Collection: Provenance, Authenticity and Conditions<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"601\"><p>Brief introduction: summarise main issues with examples: Indian and Cambodian gods \u2013 the National Gallaery of Australia, Nancy Wiener, Subash Kapoor and Douglas Latchford (AKA Dynamite Doug); Chinese musuem fakes; objects are now guilty until proven innocent; endangered species.<\/p><p>Discussion<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>15:25-15:35\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"497\"><p><strong>Break<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>15:35-16.45<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"497\"><p><strong>Panel II: Maintaining a Collection: Security of Collections \u2013 Responsibility for private and public collections- trustees\u2019 duties?<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"601\"><p>Brief introduction: summarise main issues with examples: British Museum and Louvre thefts; Loans: shipping and insurance; risk management; trust relationships; Terracotta Army in USA; Palace Museum and Egyptian Exhibition Loan; COVID changed ideas on collection care.<\/p><p>Discussion<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>16.45.16.55<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"497\"><p><strong>Break<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>16.55-18:10<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"497\"><p><strong>Panel III: Disposing of Collections:\u00a0Conditions on Donations: Restrictions on Access, Mandated Display, Deaccessioning and Selling Donations<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" width=\"601\"><p>Brief introduction: Unusual donation conditions- the Huntington Library; The Thornhill Stem Cup Sells for \u00a33.6 million in Hong Kong in 2016.<\/p><p>Discussion<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"104\"><p><strong>18:10- 18:30<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"497\"><p><strong>Final Remarks<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong>About the Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3718e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3718e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d1b2f2\" data-id=\"6d1b2f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e3dd1 T2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"40e3dd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-6801\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6801\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Mr Angus H. Forsyth, Sole Practitioner, Angus Forsyth & Co.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6801\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6801\"><p>Angus has practises law in Hong Kong as a solicitor in many branches of the law but his recent focus is on intellectual property and personal data privacy. For many years he has been a member of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance which includes him into a worldwide group of colleagues in 70 jurisdictions worldwide.<br \/>Angus has been a member of the Hong Kong Society of Notaries for many years and has had a keen interest in the arts of China about which he has written the following:-<\/p><ol><li>\u201cFive Chinese Jade Figures, the Study of the Development of Sculptural Form in Hongshan Jade Working\u201d Orientations Magazine May 1990.<\/li><li>Neolithic Chinese Jades in \u201cJADE\u201d Consultant Editor Roger Keverne, Anness Publishing Limited London 1991.<\/li><li>\u201cJades from China\u201d Catalogue of an Exhibition of Chinese Jades at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England 1994.<\/li><li>\u201cShips of the Silk Road \u2013 The Bactrian Camel in Chinese Jade\u201d \u2013 Philip Wilson Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2019.<\/li><li>\u201cCelestial Beings and Bird-Men \u2013 Human Flight in Chinese Jade\u201d about Flying Apsaras, Kinnaras, Garuda and Anthroponotic Head Ornaments in Chinese Jade \u2013 Philip Wilson Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2019.<\/li><\/ol><p>Angus is currently working on the first volume of what will be three volumes on the subject of the representation of the human figure and face in Chinese jade over 5,000 years of which the first volume dating from the Hongshan period in 4,000 BC extends up to the Sanxingdui Shu culture in Sichuan Province at the late Shang Dynasty c. 1,200 BC.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-6802\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6802\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Dr Florian Knothe, Associate Professor, Director, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6802\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6802\"><p>Dr. Knothe studies and teaches the history of decorative arts in the 17th and 18th centuries with particular focus on the social and historic importance of royal French manufacture. He has long been interested in the early modern fascination with Chinoiserie and the way royal workshops and smaller private enterprises helped to create and cater to this long-lasting fashion. Dr. Knothe is currently working on the scientific developments of glassmaking in Qing China, bringing together results from both historical and chemical analysis.<\/p><p>Dr. Knothe started his career at The Metropolitan Museum of Art focusing on European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. Before joining The University of Hong Kong, where he now serves as Director of the University Museum and Art Gallery, Dr. Knothe was the curator of European glass at The Corning Museum of Glass overseeing the European and East Asian departments. There, he organized an exhibition on East Meets West, and afterward, lectured internationally on cross-cultural influences in art and workshop practices in Western Europe and East Asia.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-6803\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6803\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Prof. Sarah Ward, Dalian Maritime University<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6803\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6803\"><p><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Sarah Ward is Dalian Maritime University\u2019s first Professor of Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage. Educated at the Universities of Southampton and Southern Queensland, she is an internationally recognised, Asia-capable Australian expert with a 24\u2010year career in maritime, coastal, and underwater cultural heritage. Ward\u2019s work emphasises collaborative, transformative, systems\u2010based partnership approaches to the investigation, preservation and management of Asia\u2019s submerged legacy, enhancing the connection between people and the sea while advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Ocean Decade actions. She is the Executive Director of the Asian Underwater Cultural Heritage Association, Consultant Foreign Expert to China\u2019s National Centre for Archaeology, Co\u2010Director of the China\u2010Cambodia Underwater Cultural Heritage Cooperation, and Chair of the Asian Regional Underwater Cultural Heritage Workshop series. Based in China since 2018, Sarah is a sought\u2010after guest lecturer at leading institutions across Asia and beyond.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-6804\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6804\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Prof. Steven Gallagher, Professor of Practice in Law, Associate Dean (Teaching and Student Experience), CUHK LAW<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6804\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6804\"><p>Steven teaches equity and trusts and property law subjects. In 2013, Steven introduced a course on art, antiquities, cultural heritage and law for the LLM programme. His academic work includes 10 individually authored book titles, including <em>Protecting Built Heritage in Hong Kong<\/em> (2021), and more than 100 academic articles, conference papers and other pieces on topics associated with property. For Hong Kong\u2019s professional sector, Steven has presented over 500 continuing professional development courses for solicitors in Hong Kong. Steven\u2019s research interests include the law affecting art, antiquities and cultural heritage, Chinese custom and law, legal history, and property law. In 2023, Steven published the first treatise on Digital Technology and Law. He is not a technologist.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-6805\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6805\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Mr Toby Bull, PhD candidate, CUHK LAW<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6805\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6805\"><p><span>Toby has a BA (Hons) in Fine Arts Valuation, as well as a MSc in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management and a post graduate certificate in art authentication. Toby has extensive knowledge in forensic art authentication methods and the more theoretical and academic studies surrounding art fraud. Toby has received specialist training in the prevention of illicit trafficking of artworks and cultural heritage protection from the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), as well as in provenance research and the recovery of looted assets from The Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP). He is multi-published in this field and has lectured to industry and academia around the world. From 1993 to 2025, Toby served in the Hong Kong Police Force. In 2014, Toby founded TrackArt, Hong Kong\u2019s first dedicated Art Risk Consultancy. He is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Art Scholars and holds the Freedom of the City of London. In September 2025, Toby joined CUHK\u2019s Faculty of Law as a Doctoral Candidate.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac7a158 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac7a158\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26a40c3\" data-id=\"26a40c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab672c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab672c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>*The Law Society of Hong Kong has awarded this seminar 4 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register 14:00-14:10 Welcome by Professor Steven Gallagher, CUHK LAW 14:10-15:25 Panel I: Building a Collection: Provenance, Authenticity and Conditions Brief introduction: summarise main issues with examples: Indian and Cambodian gods \u2013 the National Gallaery of Australia, Nancy Wiener, Subash Kapoor and Douglas Latchford (AKA Dynamite Doug); Chinese musuem fakes; objects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":123716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[239,214],"class_list":["post-123712","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-home-page","mec_category-mecalendar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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