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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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Their Eyes Are Watching Government: On Surveillance Art, the Art of Surveillance, Freedom of Information Act

By Jessica Preis* On February 5, 2016, journalist, filmmaker, and artist Laura Poitras opened an exhibit at the Whitney Museum titled Laura Poitras: Astro Noise,...
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15 Years Later: Marking a Milestone for the Holocaust Claims Restitution Practicum

By Irina Tarsis, Esq. 2015 marked the fifteenth Anniversary of the Holocaust Claims Restitution Practicum (HCRP, the Practicum) at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law...
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State of the Art: Introduction to Patent Law

By David Honig A common question in the legal, intellectual property, world is whether something is patentable. For example, is making Balloon Dogs sculptures patentable?...
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Art Dealer Professionals Beware of Purchasing Stolen Goods

By Sekou Campbell, Esq. Judges in the District Court for the Central District of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (twice, here and here)...
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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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How do you solve a problem like Gurlitt?

By Irina Tarsis As Hollywood is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of "The Sound of Music," set in Salzburg, Austria and the public release of "Woman...
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Restitution, Repatriation and Return: When Objects Go Back; (Part 2 of 5) Restitution of Cultural Objects Taken During World War II

By Kevin P. Ray, first posted on Greenberg Traurig’s art law blog Cultural Assets on March 20, 2015. This article is the second in a five-part...
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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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Boston Raphael: Legal Art History

By Belinda Rathbone In 1969, my father, Perry T. Rathbone, then Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (the “MFA” or the “Museum”), bought...
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Muses in Bankruptcy Court: a look at US arts and cultural institutions finding themselves in bankruptcy and out

By Lesley Sotolongo Cultural institutions rely on both public and private funding to keep their doors open, however, public funding has become increasingly more difficult...
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