Evolving International Law for the Protection of Art

The 1970's have seen a phenomenal growth of both private and public art collections in North Carolina as well as in the rest of the nation. The opening of the new Duke Museum of Art, the growth of the collections at the Ackland Museum in Chapel Hill and the statesupported North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh bear witness to the increasing artistic wealth of this area. Since much of this art must make its way here in international trade, it should be useful for private collectors and museum curators to have knowledge of the international law concerning the art trade.