Art Law Dispute Resolution: Demands for the Return of National Treasures and the Disputed Ownership of the Hugh Lane Impressionist Paintings - Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management View Art Law Dispute Resolution: Demands for the Return of National Treasures and the Disputed Ownership of the Hugh Lane Impressionist Paintings by - Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management Art Law Dispute Resolution: Demands for the Return of National Treasures and the Disputed Ownership of the Hugh Lane Impressionist Paintings 87 4

This article looks at three matters:

1. Claims for the return of national treasures and cultural objects.

2. The dispute between the Dublin City Gallery and the National Gallery in London concerning the ownership of the Hugh Lane Impressionist Paintings.

3. Methods for dealing with the settlement of art-related conflicts by dispute resolution systems such as arbitration and mediation.

This article is based in part on an article by the author, ‘Ownership, Ethics and Non-Adversarial Settlement Methods: The Hugh Lane Bequest’: Volume 26 of the Studies in Art Law, Cultural Heritage Law and Ethics: Mapping Recent Developments: ISBN 978- 3-7255-8677-6; and on his article published by the Dispute Board Federation, ‘The Resolution of Art Disputes by Adjudication: A New Way Forward’.

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