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Columbia Law School Event Explores the Legal & Ethical Dilemmas of Deaccessioning as DIA Bankruptcy Pushes the Envelope on Deaccession Debate

By Hanoch Sheps, J.D.* On October 28, 2013, Columbia Law School’s Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts hosted “Selling the Museum’s Collection: Is...
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Over the Phone Auctions – A Missed Connection

Phone bidding at auctions is nothing new (the image on the left dates back to a 2006 sale); however, the practice has grown in recent...
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Update: Vatican Suppresses Photos of Gay Men Kissing

Following the threat of legal action against an art gallery by the Vicariate of Rome over an exhibition that included photos of gay men kissing in...
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Some of What We Wanted to Know About Gallery Ethics Discussed at an EASL Event at Sotheby’s Institute

By Daniel S. Kokhba, Esq. On October 21, 2013, Sotheby’s Institute of Art and the Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar...
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Small Win for Artists Fighting Against 5Pointz Demolition, But Will It Be Enough?

The graffiti artists of 5Pointz—the acknowledged “Mecca of the Aerosol Art World” in Long Island City, Queens— can declare a small victory in their ongoing...
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In Selling Antiquties Bad Provenance Tarnishes Good Character

[caption id="attachment_3592" align="alignleft" width="249"] The Tell-Tale Fragment.[/caption] On August 20, 2013, Neil Kingsbury of London pleaded guilty to three charges of fraud for making false...
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Fake Hirst on eBay Real Hirst in Doha

Two California gallery owners were arrested on Oct 2, 2013 for allegedly selling fraudulent Damien Hirst pieces online through eBay and various auction houses.  (Damien Hirst...
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Save the Date: Morel v. Agence France Presse and Getty Images Trial Starts November 13, 2013

By Irina Tarsis, Esq. On January 12, 2010, earthquake devastated Haiti. Photojournalist Daniel Morel, a Haiti native took photographs and posted them on Twitpic, a...
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Who Owns a Banksy? Legal and Artistic Commentary on the Question

Graffiti art has a hard enough life as it is … before you add hedge-fund managers wanting to chop it out and hang it over...
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Case Review: Janney-Pace v. Metropolitan Fine Arts & Antiques

By Joshua Greenfield According to the facts alleged in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court (SDNY)[1] on Sept. 27, 2013, an elderly Ohio...
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David Smith Estate’s Recent Allegations of Copyright Infringement Highlights Ongoing Debate On Fair Use and Appropriation Art

Grounds For Sculpture—a sculpture garden and museum in Hamilton, NJ—is under pressure to resolve a developing dispute between sculptor Lauren Clay, whose work is scheduled to...
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“Newsies”‘s a Snoozie but Stagehands’ Union Stops the Music at Carnegie Hall

May be Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbank would have been perfect for the roles of Katherine Plumber (nom de plume of Ms. Pulitzer) and Jack...
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