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The (Red)Bubble of Legal Protections for Digital Art Marketplaces

By Hannah Gadway Introduction: Protecting Art Online As the Internet has become a substantial channel for consumption and dissemination of visual content as well as...
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WYWH: “Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art: The Next 25 Years”

By Amanda Buonaiuto Since the signing of the Washington Principles 25 years ago, some (remarkable or not enough is subject to debate) progress has been...
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Artist Feature Series: In Conversation with Vincent Inconiglios

By Atreya Mathur While creativity and self-expression are at the heart of any artistic practice, navigating the business realities of a career in the arts...
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Book Review: The Art Collecting Legal Handbook, Bruno W. Boesch And Massimo Sterpi, eds. (3rd ed., 2023)

By Briana Pierre In 2023, two of the leading art attorneys and scholars Bruno W. Boesch (Switzerland) and Massimo Sterpi (Italy) revised and released the...
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Compliance and Risk Management In the Art World

By Rebecca Goldfarb The art world serves a purpose to elevate human creativity, but all beauty comes with certain risks. From environmental sustainability to safety considerations,...
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Appropriation or Art? Court Orders Richard Prince to Pay Damages in Highly Anticipated Copyright Lawsuit

By Olivia Zinzi On January 25, 2024, Judge Sidney H. Stein in the Southern District of New York issued a final judgment in Graham v....
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Is it Strictly Business?: Shifts in the Artist-Dealer Landscape

By Patrick K. Lin The relationship between gallery and artist has long been compared to that of a marriage. Historically, a single dealer nurtured an...
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AI and Artists’ IP: Exploring Copyright Infringement Allegations in Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd.

By Sophia Williams “We’ve filed a lawsuit challenging AI image generators for using artists’ work without consent, credit, or compensation. Because AI needs to be...
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Music, Brushstrokes, and Copyright: A Broadway Musical’s Tribute to a Visual Artist

By Eric J. Simon “I was the first woman to paint cleanly, and that was the basis of my success. From a hundred pictures, mine...
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Diversity-Fraud: Accent Delight v. Sotheby’s

By Suzanna Neal and the Center for Art Law Team On January 30th, 2024, the trial of Accent Delight International Ltd. (Accent Delight), an offshore...
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The Inside Job: Who is Protecting Art Museums from Themselves?

By Lily Elkwood When most people think of art theft, they imagine something out of a spy movie, a villain trying to steal a masterpiece...
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Case Review: Reif, et al. v. The Art Institute of Chicago (2023)

By Amanda Buonaiuto Introduction The legal case Reif, et al v. The Art Institute of Chicago,[1] brought by the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, a prominent...
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