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Restitution from private hands. Same principles as at museums?

Dr. Christina Berking, MA Art Hist (OU)

Lawyer, Buse Heberer Fromm, Hamburg

Board member of the Kunstsammlerverein eV

Judiciary of the Interessengemeinschaft Deutscher Kunsthandel

Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 6 pm, Lecture Hall G

Juridicum, Adenauerallee 24-42, 53113 Bonn

According to the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art of 1998, "just and fair solutions" should be found for Nazi looted art. On the basis of intensive, state-funded provenance research, a far-reaching examination and restitution practice of state museums has emerged. Against this background, the lecture is devoted to the question of what is just and fair in a restitution of National Socialist looted art from a private source. Can it be judged on the same principles as a restitution from state museums? After the lecture a discussion with the auditorium is planned.

This panel will examine copyrightability as it pertains to works of visual arts. Examining the Copyright Office’s written guidance and relevant case law, the panelists will discuss the legal concepts of originality, creativity and functionality, and the tensions those concepts create in a modern art community that often values minimalism in its art.

New York Chapter Brown Bags are informal discussions on a range of copyright-related topics. In true brown-bag spirit, no food or drinks will be provided, so attendees are encouraged to bring their own. We keep the admission fee modest to encourage attendance by new or solo practitioners and law students, but all are welcome!

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The program covers: 

-  What to do in response to being sued

-  How to collect outstanding debts (large or small)

-  The legal dispute (i.e. litigation) process in New York State courts as well as small claims court

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The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut, throwing off multimillion-dollar deals as wealthy buyers move from fair to fair, auction to auction, party to glittering party. But none of it would happen without the dealers and mega dealers: tastemakers who back emerging artists and then steer them to success. Michael Shnayerson, longtime Vanity Fair contributing editor, has interviewed all of today’s so-called mega dealers, Larry Gagosian, David Zwirner, Arne and Marc Glimcher, and Iwan Wirth, as well as many other global art-world movers and shakers. His gripping new book Boom is the first definitive history of art dealing in our time.

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