Art and Heritage Law: Contested Heritage
Art, heritage and the odd bit of law. Every Wednesday, Richard Harwood KC, barrister of 39 Essex Chambers and co-host Clarissa Levi, Art & Heritage Counsel of Wedlake Bell LLP discuss challenges and successes in the heritage and art world with guests from across the sector. For professionals, owners and the general listener, Richard and Clarissa ask: what is going on? what can be done? what are the stories behind the buildings, treasures and the cases?
Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi are joined by Christopher Ridgway, Head Curator of Castle Howard. They discuss the economic pressures on country houses, how these have changed over time [...]
Historian and heritage expert Simon Thurley joins Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi to discuss why and how we impose listed building controls. Why do we treat the public art [...]
Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi speak to Michael Clarke and Sarah Posey about the Cultural Gifts Scheme – why we have it, how it works, and the effect it [...]
Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi are joined by Lord Inglewood to discuss the balance between private ownership of our heritage property and state intervention. We ask how to make [...]
Heritage, and architectural and artistic interest in particular, does not need to be old. Richard Harwood and Clarissa Levi talk to Catherine Croft, the Director of the Twentieth Century Society, [...]
What has art to do with listed buildings? When can a painting or sculpture be a listed building or part of a listed building? How can listed building consent be [...]
What is Acceptance in Lieu of tax, and how does the AiL Scheme operate? Richard Harwood and Clarissa Levi are joined by AiL Panel Chair Michael Clarke, and Arts Council [...]
Are there really 1248 sites with outstanding universal value? How does the World Heritage Convention work in practice? Richard Harwood and Clarissa Levi talk to Alexandra Warr, Head of International [...]
What do we value from our past, and how do we fund it? We discuss the impact of lottery funding on the UK’s heritage landscape, the additionality principle, and if [...]
Pippa Shirley joins Richard Harwood and Clarissa Levi to discuss the UK’s export controls for cultural objects. How does the Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art operate? [...]
How heritage consultants help, retro-fitting and the three characteristics of Gothic architecture. Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi chat to Dr Emma Wells, Director of Heritage at Heritage Potential about [...]
How does tax policy shape our heritage?39 Essex Chambers barristers Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi of Wedlake Bell are joined by Sarah Roller of Historic Houses to discuss the [...]
Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi talk to Lucy Brown, Chief Executive of the Hugo Burge Foundation, about setting up an arts foundation. We explore how the founder’s vision became [...]
What brought a wealth of French artists and craftsmen to London in the 16th and 17th centuries? Tessa Murdoch, Chair of Trustees of the Huguenot Museum, joins Richard Harwood KC [...]
To live in historic homes we must keep them modernised. This needn’t mean a loss - updating a home for modern living can reveal and celebrate its heritage. Also… we [...]
What does a Chief Curator do, and what goes on behind the scenes at an art gallery?Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi are joined by Imogen Gibbon of National Galleries [...]
We often talk of the historic interest in buildings, but what does that mean to the historian? How does art help understand our past? Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi [...]
It’s good to talk. Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi chat with barrister and mediator Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho of 39 Essex Chambers about how mediation works, and its role in commercial [...]
How is the viability of a heritage project considered? When do the numbers stack up?Richard Harwood KC of 39 Essex Chambers and Clarissa Levi of BHL Art Group talk to [...]
Gripped by the nation's annual tennis fever, Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi turn to heritage tennis with Robert Dolman. Robert explains Real Tennis from the recreation of monks to [...]
The restoration of the Great Hall and Hogarth Staircase at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in the City of London is one of the most exciting conservation projects presently underway. Richard Harwood [...]
How do we value a work of art? What makes one object sell for millions when a similar object doesn't sell at all? And is that really what those objects [...]
When is an artwork part of a building or land? Or can you just take the statue with you when you sell up? Dr David Sawtell, barrister at 39 Essex [...]
Funfairs, rollercoasters and ’99 ice creams. Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi talk to leading planning consultant Nick Laister of Laister Planning, about the ups and downs of seaside amusement [...]
How do lawyers relax? Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi chat to Stephen Tromans KC, one of the country’s leading environmental lawyers, about his painting and his works recently exhibited [...]
Dr Anna Keay, Director of The Landmark Trust, joins Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi to discuss the origins of Landmark, how its buildings are saved, what they mean to [...]
In her book 'Caring for Cultural Heritage', Dr Charlotte Woodhead explores the legal and ethical initiatives in the UK for caring for cultural heritage. Richard and Clarissa discuss ethics of [...]
The historic buildings charity SAVE Britain’s Heritage is 50 years old in 2025. Richard and Clarissa talk to Henrietta Billings, the Director of SAVE, talks about its work and how [...]
How does Artificial Intelligence affect art and cultural institutions? Richard and Clarissa talk to Emily Gould, Assistant Director of the Institute of Art and Law, to discuss the use of [...]
What are gasholders and how do we mark engineering heritage when technology moves on? Professor Russell Thomas, Technical Director of WSP, and Timur Tatlioglu, Partner and Head of Montagu Evans’ [...]
The Acceptance in Lieu scheme allows Inheritance Tax to be paid with art. Richard and Clarissa talk to Professor Frances Fowle of the University of Edinburgh and Scottish National Galleries. [...]
How does Ireland deal with treasure? What does a Stratocaster guitar tell us about tax? What does the Irish experience teach us about the legacies of Empire?Richard Harwood KC and [...]
What was it to be a pilgrim? How has pilgrimage continued over the centuries and how authentic are our modern pilgrim ways? Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi chat to [...]
What is it like to work in the art world? Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi talk to Alice Minter of the Victoria & Albert Museum about moving from working [...]
What became of the art once owned by Jewish collectors in Nazi Europe? Restitution expert Richard Aronowitz explains his work in provenance research in the commercial art world, finding “just [...]
What do we mean by antiquities, and what is Treasure? Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi are joined by expert Judith Nugée who explains why antiquities so capture the imagination, [...]
The work of restoring Syria’s cultural heritage after years of wartime looting goes beyond the antiquities trade. Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi talk to intelligence expert Anwar Darkazally of [...]
What are the joys and challenges of life in a castle? Richard Harwood KC and Clarissa Levi speak with Charles Berkeley of Berkeley Castle about combining a family home and [...]
What are the Parthenon Marbles? Were they lawfully removed from the Acropolis in Athens by Lord Elgin’s agents in the early Nineteenth Century? What ethical issues arise by their retention [...]
Museum exhibitions are creatures of business…” Richard and Clarissa talk to Anthony Misquitta of the V&A and Keystone Law. They discuss what makes an exhibition a success, and the commercial [...]
Most of Britain’s heritage is cared for by private owners. Richard and Clarissa talk to Ben Cowell OBE, the Director General of Historic Houses. They discuss the threats to country [...]
Richard Harwood KC, barrister at 39 Essex Chambers and co-host Clarissa Levi, Art & Heritage Counsel at Wedlake Bell LLP introduce their new series, Art and Heritage Law: Contested Heritage, [...]
