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Jasper Johns Awarded Presidential Medal of Honor

Jasper Johns received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on February 15, 2010. The famous artist was among 14 individuals who...
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The Statute of Limitations Invoked to Dismiss Copyright Claims (Source: NYSBA EASL Blog)

Joel L. Hecker, counsel for Gideon Lewin, in the ongoing case of Gideon Lewin v. The Richard Avedon Foundation (2015) offers some comments on the...
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Gurlitt Saga Continues: U-Turn or Rotary?

By Steffanie E. Keim, Esq.  Children should not be punished for the mistakes of their parents. Sometimes it gets difficult to determine where mistakes of...
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Photographs and Richard Prince: The Gifts that Keep on Giving

By Irina Tarsis, Esq. In truth... in art, there are few, if any, things , which in an abstract sense, are strictly new and original...
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Stalled Disbursement of Wally Settlement

By Lesley Sotolongo After a 13-year legal battle that seemed to have ended in 2011, Egon Schiele’s 1912 Portrait of Wally remains embroiled in disputes. By...
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Ryan O’Neal Wins Warhol’s Farrah Fawcett Portrait

[caption id="attachment_4155" align="alignright" width="300"] Andy Warhol's portrait of Farrah Fawcett (1980).[/caption] By Mary Elizabeth Williams Last month a jury awarded title of a disputed Andy...
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Jasper Johns Testifies, Foundry Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud

On Monday, January 27, 2014, former foundry owner Brian Ramnarine has admitted to lying about the authenticity of thirteen sculptures and attempting to sell forgeries...
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Kapoor’s Assistant Pleads Guilty to Possession of Illicit Antiquities

By Angelea Selleck In late November 2013, Aaron Freedman pled guilty in New York Supreme Court to one count of criminal conspiracy and five counts...
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Apparently Fakes Warrant the Same Security as Masterpieces

by Hanoch Sheps, J.D. The New Year has only just begun and already there is a travelling art exhibition planned for the best of the best...
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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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