International Confederation Of Antiques & Art Dealers

The collecting of pieces of art and antiquity, actively developed within the territory of the Russian Federation and CIS countries for the last 15 years, required a prompt decision of an essential problem. To create a representative association which has to determine the processes on Russian art & antique market, that was an urgent item as never before. Sides, the state and participants of the market are interested in the legalization of the market. Recent tendencies are characterized by presence at the market the number of regional associations of professional antique dealers, galleries, antique salons and auction houses from the one side, and independent art dealers from the other side.

The realities of present time assume the existence of civilized market where parties united and defined with aims and purposes could exchange with information concerning sale and purchase of cultural values. It should be a coordinating institution based on international agreements and regional law. Professional antique and art dealers realized the necessity of creation the wide range association which is able to collect all together the existing elements of the market. Thus in 2004 the International Confederation of Antique & Art Dealers (ICA&AD) was founded. ICA&AD is open for antique & art dealers of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other regions of the Russian Federation and CIS and only to those who meet the requirements of Confederation and accept the Code of Practice.

The aims and activities of ICA&AD are:

To assist to preservation of a cultural heritage;
To develop and strict follow to ethical Code of Practice for traders of art and antiquity;
To provide with information concerning works of art that may be of general or particular interest for members of ICA&AD;
To develop communications between members of the Confederation;
To encourage the exchange of experience between the members of ICA&AD;
To assist of unification of commercial terminology in the field of art and antiquity, according to the international accepted norms;
To encourage the scientific researches in the field of antique and modern art;
To promote the interests of members of ICA&AD before governmental and municipal institutions as on international level;
To represent the interests of members of ICA&AD at international associations of art and antique dealers out of the territory of the Russian Federation and CIS;
To assist the members of ICA&AD in participation at national and international antique and art biennale, exhibitions, fairs, conferences and other events;
To develop the scientific and publishing projects.