With the summer over, Amineddoleh & Associates is looking forward to a busy autumn full of wonderful art events.

Last week, Amineddoleh & Associates was honored to be featured at Rago Art & Auctions to discuss the topic of vandalism and looting of cultural heritage. Rago Art and Auctions in Lambertville, NJ, midway between Philadelphia and New York City, is a leading U.S. auction house with $33 million in annual sales. The center serves thousands of buyers and sellers internationally, and is regularly featured on the Antiquities Road Show. Rago hosts auctions, offers appraisals and expert opinions, and hosts presentations by leaders in the art world. During Leila’s presentation, she explored the history of heritage looting and vandalism in addition to current issues in conflict zones.

Leila looks forward to speaking at Columbia University later this month during the Fitch Colloquium. Named for the founder of formal preservation education at Columbia University and in the US, the James Marston Fitch Colloquium is held annual at Columbia University. In a day-long colloquium, students, alumni, and guests hear speakers and engage in discussion over current issues in preservation— attempting to discover and define the leading edge of the discipline. Leila will be discussing legal aspects of preservation.

Leila is also enjoying a semester of teaching art and crime topics. In addition to teaching International Art & Cultural Heritage Law at Fordham Law School (she has taught this course each fall semester since 2011), she is teaching at her alma mater, New York University. NYU has one of the top art history departments in the country and so Leila is honored to be teaching Art Crime & the Law there.

This fall, there are also many great art events at museums to enjoy. Leila is pleased to be on the planning committee for “Fall Into Art,” a fundraising party for the museum’s young professionals’ group. The event takes place this Friday evening, and tickets are still available. For another wonderful party this fall, the Hispanic Society of America will be hosting its glamorous annual gala on October 6. Amongst other honorees is Placido Domingo. Tickets are still available, but going fast. Leila is a Co-Chair of the museum’s newly created Young Patrons’ Group.

We wish you a great start to the fall!