Speaking Engagement

Un-Titled: The Case for Creating an International Title Registry for Art

Blank Rome partner Stephen D. Brodie will serve as a speaker for two session at “Un-Titled: The Case for Creating an International Title Registry for Art,” a program being presented by the Art Loss Register, Athena Art Finance, Blank Rome, and Columbia Law School on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Blank Rome’s New York City office.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Art is increasingly used as loan collateral and an investment asset. Without universal adoption of interest registration standards, title and ownership remain paramount concerns. Symposium speakers including fine art banks and lenders, auction houses, insurers, gallerists, appraisers, and lawyers, will debate the case for a global art registry.

Steve will speak during the 10:00 session, “Existing Partial Solutions,” in a segment called “UCC: Its Use, Legal Effect, and Limitations—Is There a Better Model?” The second segment in that session, “The Private Sector—Art Loss Register—and Public-Private International Partnerships,” will be presented by James Ratcliffe (General Counsel, The Art Loss Register).

Steve will join Cathy Kaplan (Columbia Law School) at 4:00 p.m. for his second session, “Securitisation of Art: Lessons from the Financial Markets and Avoidance of Pitfalls.”

Other sessions include:

• Scandals and Losses: Standards, Prevention, and Culture
• Expanding Uses of Art as Loan Collateral and an Investment Asset: The Lenders' Perspectives
• The Dealers View of Dealer Syndication and Client Confidentiality
• Investing In Fractional Art
• New Frontiers: Ownership, Title, Valuation and Loan Collateral of NFTs—Existing and Future Technology
• Due Diligence on Ownership and Title: What Should Be the Market Standard?
• Liability of Trustees, Agents, and Art Advisors
• What the Auditors and Art Insurers Will Expect and Why It Matters

For more information about this invitation-only event, please contact olivia.eccleston@artloss.com.