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Book Review: “Art Law and the Business of Art” (2019)

By Angela Dimery Having practiced in multinational law firms in London, before crossing over into the art business as General Counsel at Christie’s London for...
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Update: Repatriation of Cambodian Art

In the latest development in the Cambodian government’s effort to seize a thousand-year-old, five-hundred-pound sculpture from Sotheby’s, where it has been consigned by its owner...
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Shaping History: Monument-Toppling, Racial Justice and the Law

By Center for Art Law Two years after the 2017 “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, including the terror killing of counter-protestor Heather...
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WYWH: Fall 2019 Art Law Events

By Angela Dimery and Louise Carron New York is the reigning capital of art law, and this Fall confirmed that there are many places to...
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Fractionalized Art Ownership and Securities Law

By Sophie Chung. In 2018, investors who put money into art saw an average gain of 10.6% according to the Wall Street Journal based on...
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Case Review: The Mayor Gallery v. Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné

By Yuchen Xie The Case: The Mayor Gallery Ltd. v. The Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné LLC et al., No. 655489/2016 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2019). Warhol...
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Book Review: “Artist, Authorship & Legacy: A Reader” (2018)

By Jana S. Farmer Artist, Authorship & Legacy is a collection of twenty-two interdisciplinary essays edited by Daniel McClean, art attorney in California and the...
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Book Review: “The Bouvier Affair: A True Story” (2019)

By Jacqueline Crispino “Beauty will save the world” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot. Alexandra Bregman, The Bouvier Affair: A True Story (Ingram Content Group, 2019). Available...
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Art Donations 101: a Guide for Artists, Collectors, and Nonprofits

By Hannah Tager In the Summer 2019, the Center for Art Law hosted its first charitable auction, during which it considered: how can artists and...
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Fading Elephant in the Room: Extinguishing the Market for “White Gold”

By Lukiana Pilyugin. The earth’s largest land mammals are irreplaceable, and so are their ivory tusks. The demand for ivory in international markets serves as...
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Rolling Over in Her Grave: Frida Kahlo’s Trademarks and Commodified Legacy

By Laurel Wickersham Salisbury. Art both creates and possesses cultural value, but this value can also be monetized, and, increasingly in today’s society, commercialized. This...
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Case Review: Takeaways from Mary Boone’s Day in Court

By Jennie Nadel U.S. v. Mary Boone, No. 1:18-CR000634 (S.D.N.Y. filed May 9, 2019). In May 2019, New York art dealer Mary Boone was sentenced...
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