BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250805T145024EDT-2184LPr5Gv@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250805T185024Z DESCRIPTION:Glenn D. LowryDirector\, Museum of Modern Art\, New York City The Friends of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Library are hosting Glenn D. Lowry\, Director of The Museum of Modern Art\, in New York City\, for a lecture examining se veral recent cases involving claims for restitution of works of art and t he many social\, political\, and legal issues involved in determining the ir outcome. Abstract Since the earliest civilizations\, art has played an integral role in the development of society.  Throughout history\, art has been produced and accumulated as a way to understand\, influence and p rovoke.  The history of art\, on the other hand\, has been plagued with th eft\, deceit and violence.  Under Napoleon\, French armies hauled the Phar onic structures of Egypt to Paris\, while the English were transporting Gr eece’s Elgin Marbles to London.  During World War II homes were plundered and looted\; in the cold war of Vietnam\, Cambodian sculptures were being airlifted\, and even as recent as the war in Iraq\, archaeological sites w ere pillaged and artifacts have disappeared. Changing attitudes\, globali zation\, and the spread of both international law and civil lawsuits have emboldened aggrieved nations and individuals to demand the return of cultu ral property seized by enemy forces or through persecution decades or even centuries ago. Over the past two decades\, the world of museums has becom e politically charged: Does a country that produced cultural property have the right to it\, the heirs of the individuals who previously owned the w orks\, or museums and their visitors from around the world who are given t he opportunity to appreciate these items that illuminate our shared human history. Claims for restitution often have a legal and moral aspect\, so what is the law’s role in the current judicial paradigm.  Are responsible\ , legal\, ethical solutions to disputes possible? About the speaker Glen n D. Lowry has been the Director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) since 1995. Mr. Lowry\, an Islamic art specialist with a doctorate from Harvard\ , engineered one of the most ambitious expansions in museum history\, an $ 858 million renovation\, completed in 2004\, that nearly doubled MoMA’s si ze.   Mr. Lowry moved to New York City after his successful tenure at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto\, ON.  He is regarded as a deft administ rator and world-class fund-raiser who reshaped a huge\, unwieldy instituti on at a crossroads in its history.  This lecture is presented as part of the annual Friends of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Library F.R. Scott lecture in partnership wit h Heenan Blaikie Law Firm.  F.R. Scott was a poet\, constitutional lawyer\ , and politician.  He completed his schooling in Québec in 1919\, taught f or one year\, and then went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1920. Scott r eturned to Montréal in 1923 and entered the Law School at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Universit y in 1924.  In 1928 he joined the Law Faculty at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ and ser ved as the dean from 1961 to 1964.  He died in 1985. Limited seating. Ple ase RSVP at rsvp.libraries [at] mcgill.ca or 514.398.4681 DTSTART:20120924T213000Z DTEND:20120924T213000Z LOCATION:Moyse Hall\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 ru e Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Library 2012 F.R. Scott lecture - A Fine Balance: When Art a nd Law Meet URL:/law/channels/event/mcgill-library-2012-fr-scott-l ecture-fine-balance-when-art-and-law-meet-218127 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR