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Book Review: “The Bouvier Affair: A True Story” (2019)

By Jacqueline Crispino “Beauty will save the world” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot. Alexandra Bregman, The Bouvier Affair: A True Story (Ingram Content Group, 2019). Available...
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Twice Looted, Twice Returned?

By Shlomit Heering Anyone familiar with art law cases today knows the importance of Nazi-era art claims and the restitution of artworks. However, while there...
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Giacometti: a Foundation, an Association, and a Catalogue Raisonné

By Colby Meagle Renowned Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti passed away in 1966. Although he died childless, his legacy lives on as his works...
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Folding the White Cube: What Is Transforming the Gallery Scene in NYC?

By Alexandra Terrell Speaking at a Stropheus Art Law event entitled “Letting Go of Brick and Mortar: The Future of the Gallery” in September 2016,...
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Common European Heritage: The French and Dutch Government Joint Acquisition of Two Rembrandt Portraits

“Madame le ministre, Ladies and gentlemen, We hébben ze! Nous les avons! We have got them!’’ — Speech by Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science...
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The Eaton Collection: Off the Block at Rago

By Rebecca Krishnan-Ayer The Contested Sale The New Jersey-based auction house Rago Arts and Auction Center (est. 1988) stirred controversy with the April 2015 projected...
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Oy May! Artless Boycotts Blossom

Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary, 1996. Mixed media, elephant dung. By Irina Tarsis, Esq. The front page of the New York Times The Arts Section...
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ISIS Cultural Destruction: In Brief

By Mia Tomijima War and political takeovers define history, but are also often responsible for erasing it. The devastating effects of these feuds result in...
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Gold or Not? Scenery or Forgery? Art Reproductions Created for Film

by Mia Tomijima “Woman in Gold” (2015)adapts for the big screen the story of Maria Altmann (1916-2011) and her legal battle against the Government of Austria to...
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Wish You Were Here: Sotheby’s Institute of Art (CA) Conference, January 2015

by Jessica Newman (Source) On January 30 and 31, the Sotheby’s Institute of Art gathered attorneys and art professionals together in Los Angeles, California for...
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Restitution, Repatriation and Return: When Objects Go Back; (PART 1 of 5) Restitution of Stolen Cultural Objects

By Kevin P. Ray, first posted on Greenberg Traurig's art law blog Cultural Assets on February 25, 2015. An important and frequently misunderstood development in the law...
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Je Suis Public Domain

by Dennis C. Abrams On January 7th in Paris, an Islamist terror attack at the headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie  Hebdo resulted in the...
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