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Sale of Abandoned Art Blocked by Artist Who Abandoned It

In a case that seems to prove the old adage that “no good deed shall go unpunished,” the purchasers of the contents of an abandoned...
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James Meyer Arrested and Indicted in Jasper Johns Art Theft

At 83, Jasper Johns is one of the best known contemporary artists whose works sell for millions of dollars. Unlike his accomplished contemporaries (past and...
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All Things Come in Threes: Hope reviews Three Recent Publications on Art Forgery

Charles Hope writing for The New York Review of Books, examines three monographs about art forgery.  The books reviewed include Jonathan Keats' Forged: Why Fakes Are...
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Looters Take Advantage of Turmoil in Egypt to Steal and Destroy Artifacts

Egypt's Malawi National Museum, located in the Upper Egyptian city of Minya, has been damaged and many pieces looted by rioters in the recent deadly clashes...
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Kunsthal Trial on Hold, Court President Grants More Time to Investigate

[caption id="attachment_3091" align="alignleft" width="300"] The lawyer for Radu and Olga Dogaru, Catalin Dancu, told the press the paintings were not burnt.[/caption] On Tuesday, the Court...
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Cave Prosecutorem as “Art Returns to Art” in Italy

Gioacchino Campolo, the Mafiosi formerly known as "the slot machine king" had great taste in art. He could also afford it. In 2011 he was...
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With Victory for Green Day, the West Coast Weighs In On the Fair Use Debate

Note: This story is being revised to include a comparison between this case and recent fair use ruling in appropriation art. For in depth coverage of...
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Peter Paul Biro’s Libel Case Against Conde Nast Dismissed

[caption id="attachment_2966" align="alignright" width="270"] Peter Paul Biro[/caption] This Thursday, on August 8, 2013, New York Federal Court Judge J. Paul Oetken dismissed Peter Paul Biro's...
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Update: Free Speech Trumps Privacy in Case of “Peeping Tom” Photographer

In a remarkable decision, New York Supreme Court Justice Eileen Rakower dismissed a case against Arne Svenson, a photographer who took pictures of his Tribeca neighbors...
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Green Day Wins Fair Use Claim

[caption id="attachment_2989" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Left: Green Day's stage design, Right: Derek Setzer's "Scream Icon"[/caption] On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled...
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US Returns 10,000 Artifacts to Iraq

[caption id="attachment_2950" align="alignleft" width="300"] US 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Texas at Iraq's National Museum September 10, 2003.[/caption] On Friday, Iraqi and United States officials announced...
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Selling the Detroit Institute of Art Collection… What’s the Big Deal?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="186"] Van Gogh, "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat," 1887[/caption] If you're searching out for something - Don't try so hard ... But if...
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