On Thursday, November 16, 2006, at New York's Chelsea Art Museum,
SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone will offer the rare opportunity
to view the dark side of the international art market — the looting,
smuggling and sale of artifacts from archaeological sites around the
world — through the eyes of an expert, Peter Watson. His new book The
Medici Conspiracy (PublicAffairs, 2006) describes the extensive
network of looters, smugglers, and dealers that has long controlled
the epicenter of the illicit antiquities trade: Italy.
In his first US public appearance discussing "The Medici Conspiracy",
Peter Watson will read from the book and describe the decade-long
investigation that led to the trial, now resuming in Rome, that has
garnered front-page headlines around the world. The recent return of
looted and suspect antiquities to Italy by the J. Paul Getty Museum,
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
will also be discussed. Mr. Watson will also take questions from the
audience and sign books.
A former investigative journalist for the London Sunday Times and
author of two previous art world exposés, The Caravaggio Conspiracy
and Sotheby's: The Inside Story, Peter Watson has also written for
The New York Times, the London Observer and the Spectator. Now a
Research Associate at the Illicit Antiquities Research Centre, at the
McDonald Institute for Archeological Research at the University of
Cambridge, Mr. Watson has been featured in the US on Public Radio
International and the CBS-TV program “60 Minutes.”
Following the lecture, SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone will host
the first annual Beacon Awards Gala benefit event, honoring the
authors of three important books that have cast new light on the
problem of looting and cultural heritage destruction: Peter Watson
for The Medici Conspiracy (PublicAffairs, 2006), Matthew Bogdanos for
Thieves of Baghdad (Bloomsbury, 2005) and Roger Atwood for Stealing
History (St. Martin's Press, 2004).
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Peter Watson Lecture details:
DATE/TIME: Thursday November 16, 2006 at 6:00 - 7:30 pm
LOCATION: Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, NYC
TICKETS: $15.00 (adults) and $8.00 (students), which includes museum
admission, available at http://www.savingantiquities.org/event.php?
eventID=40
For more information about the lecture email SAFE at:
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SAFE Beacon Awards Gala details:
DATE/TIME: Thursday November 16, 2006 at 6:00 - 10:00 pm
LOCATIONS: (6:00 - 7:30 pm lecture) Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West
22nd Street, NYC
(8:00 - 10:00 pm) 380 West 12th Street,
Penthouse 8B, New York
TICKETS: $75.00 ($90.00 after November 1), which includes the Peter
Watson lecture, buffet dinner, awards ceremony, and remarks from the
three Beacon Awards winners, available at http://
www.savingantiquities.org/event.php?eventID=39
To download the SAFE Beacon Awards Gala brochure, please visit http://
www.savingantiquities.org/pdf/safeBeaconAwardsBroch.pdf
To download the SAFE Beacon Awards RSVP card, please visit http://
www.savingantiquities.org/pdf/o6RSVP.pdf
For more information about the Gala email SAFE at:
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About SAFE
SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone, Inc. creates educational
programs and media campaigns to raise public awareness about the
importance of preserving cultural heritage world-wide. SAFE is a
coalition of professionals in communications, media, and advertising
working alongside experts in the academic, legal and law enforcement
communities. SAFE has no political affiliations.
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