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NOW you see it… Legalese of Street Art

[caption id="attachment_3910" align="alignright" width="300"] [Untitled] (Vilnius, Lithuania)[/caption]By Irina Tarsis, Esq. Did you know that some street artists pay building owners for the right to paint...
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Knoedler Director Defamation Settlement Reached

By Hanoch Sheps, J.D. As reported on September 16, 2013, Ann Freedman, former director of the Knoedler & Company Gallery brought a suit in defamation...
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UPDATE: Artist Resale Royalty Rights – Is a US Droit de Suite in our Future?

by Hanoch Sheps, J.D. A highly-anticipated development is finally here. The U.S. Copyright Office released today its updated analytical report on the efficacy of an artist resale...
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Recent Decisions and Developments in FRENCH ART LAW (Part 2)

By Olivier de Baecque, Attorney at law* French courts have become more restrictive on granting copyright protection. This is the case for photographs of works...
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Gurlitt Reading List

[caption id="attachment_3889" align="alignleft" width="270"] Who is Gurlitt?[/caption] Have you heard of Cornelius Gurlitt? No, not the composer who died at 81 at the turn of...
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Recent Decisions and Developments in FRENCH ART LAW (Part 1)

By Olivier de Baecque, Attorney at law* The following contains a selection of recent judicial decisions regarding the consignment of art works which are of...
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Artist Resale Royalty Rights – Is a US Droit de Suite in our Future?

By Hanoch Sheps* Contention, concern and equity – three words that best describe a recent discussion of proposed federal legislation for an artist’s resale royalty...
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Case Review: Meyer v. Bd. of Regents of the U. of Oklahoma, or How long will Oklahoma herd Pissarro “Sheep”?

[caption id="attachment_3806" align="alignleft" width="177"] Camille Pissarro, "La Bergere rentrant des moutons/Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep" (1886)[/caption] On Nov. 22, 2013, New York Country Lawyers' Association held...
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Gurlitt Connection: Dix’s granddaughter on Otto Dix’s paintings in Gurlitt possession

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="956"] German artist Nana Dix, grand-daughter of the painter Otto Dix, in her studio in Munich. AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOF STACHE.[/caption] Dozens if not...
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Spotlight: ArtWatch International

by Angelea Selleck ArtWatch International (ArtWatch) is a watchdog organization that “alert[s] the general public to illicit interventions, unreasonable threats to masterpieces, or situations connected...
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Untitled but taxable: Face-off between the IRS and the Basquiat heirs

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, "SANS TITRE," Est. value ($500,000-800,000) -- to be auctioned by Christie's Paris, Dec. 2013. For those attending the 2013 National Conference of the...
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Case Preview: Lonny Marrow v. Jacob Javits Center, et al.

‘One’ is a beginning and ‘two’ is forever, at least according to Lonny Marrow, an artist known as Phase 2, whose work Misconception of the...
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