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For Background Purposes: Prep for an Artist Interview

Atreya Mathur and the Center for Art Law Team Before the Interview: About Yayoi Kusama and collaborations with Louis Vuitton Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist,...

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Heritage of Law: McClain at Forty-Five

By Kelly Cannici  Forty-five years after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided United States v. McClain,[1] the case remains a towering presence in U.S....

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“The Rosa Parks of NAGPRA”

Used with permission, University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist By Alexis Redshaw In 1971, Maria Pearson (Running Moccasins) would learn shocking information from...

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Artist Feature Series: In Conversation with Miriam “Molly” Dougenis

Miriam “Molly” Dougenis is an award-winning figurative artist who has been working in watercolor since the early part of her art career. Molly’s artwork has...

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31 Years of NAGPRA: Evaluating the Restitution of Native American Ancestral Remains and Belongings

By Christopher Zheng. Whether it is land stolen under coercive treaties or looted belongings displayed in museums, the United States’ relationship with Native American tribes...

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Art Law in The Supreme Court

By Talia Berniker and Sabrina Soffer. Few art law cases have made their way to the United States Supreme Court. Those that did get accepted...

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Voided Banksy ™

By Isabella Rivera. The provocative artist by the pseudonym of “Banksy” has been known for provocative and politically-driven sardonic street art since the 1990s.[1] The...

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Beauty Wrapped in Bureaucracy: An Art Law Tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude

By Christopher Zheng. “When they ask us how we can have so much patience, I always answer, it’s not a matter of patience, it’s a...

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Remembering Modigliani: Italy’s Ongoing Battle against Forgery

By Tatyana Kalaydjian Serraino. The year 2020 marks the anniversary of Amedeo Modigliani’s death. The Italian-Jewish modernist painter passed away in Paris in January 1920...

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It’s Not That Easy: Artist Resale Royalty Rights and The ART Act

By Laurel Wickersham Salisbury. The discussion of droit de suite, or resale royalty rights for visual artists, across the globe continues to be of interest...

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