Cultural Property Tangle: Export v. Donation
[caption id="attachment_6826" align="alignleft" width="425"] Gustave Caillebotte’s 1892 oil Iris bleus, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers[/caption] How can an export permit affect charitable giving? Quite easily if you are dealing with a foreign art work deemed “cultural property” under Canada’s Cultural Property Export and Import Act (CPEIA). A June 12 Federal Court of Canada decision on the export of French impressionist painting has reportedly frozen donations of “foreign” art to Canadian museums…..
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