This is a new turning point for the French art market, more protected than any other - but in a good way - by guarantees of seriousness for buyers and sellers.
Nicole Belloubet, former Minister of Justice under the government of Édouard Philippe, between 2017 and 2020, was appointed president of the new Council of Auction Houses (former Council of Voluntary Sales) by ministerial decree of December 21, 2023.
Succeeding Henri Paul, who had already initiated many changes, this associate professor of public law has the appropriate profile because she is at the origin of the reform aimed at modernizing the regulation of the art market, following the law of February 28, 2022 (decree one year later).
She now presides over the destiny of this Council financed by the auction houses and whose five members of the college are personalities coming from the law, the Court of Auditors, the Court of Cassation, heritage or Fine Arts, accompanied by six representatives of the profession…
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