Culture under threat: A European Response to Illicit Trafficking

Dr. Nancy von Breska Ficović is a Brussels based art historian and cultural heritage expert working on the interface between science, culture and business. She has collaborated with international private and public cultural institutions, art galleries and auction houses, research institutes and insurance companies. As lead art historian, she has worked on multiple interdisciplinary European restoration-conservation projects (e.g. determining originals from forgeries or copies). As part of Lapislazul international research team of art market specialists and restorers, she consults on authenticity, provenance and restoration. As an expert to the European Commission her focus is on art, cultural heritage and digital (AI) ethics.