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The Patron State: A Case Study of the Government Indemnity Scheme in the United Kingdom

Pennell, Joseph, Interior, Fitzwilliam Museum. 28.1 x 30.6 cm (11 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.). Nation Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (accession number 1979.20.96) By...
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Art as Collateral: Art-Backed Loans, Securitization & the Law

Image Credit: Follower of Marinus van Reymerswaele, The Miser, 16th Century Oil Painting By Dylan Cosgrove The art trade has always operated somewhat on its...
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Selling the Past: Los Angeles’s Stendahl Galleries and the Rise of the Pre-Hispanic Art Market in the mid-1900’s

View of Stendahl Art Galleries patio, 1944, Floyd Faxon Getty Research Institute, 2017.M.38 By Nicolle Riley History is rarely lost all at once. More often,...
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The Price of Living in Soho

Photo Credit: Eugene Kucheruk, "a white truck parked in front of a building,"Free to use under the Unsplash License By Victoria Cook Zigi Ben-Haim fled...
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WYWH: Artist Corporations: A New Legal Framework for Creative Practice (Oct. 1, 2026)

Photo Credit: Nina Shih, "A-Corp Panel" October 1st, 2026 By Nina Shih On October 1, 2026, the Center for Art Law hosted Artist Corporations: A...
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An Alternative to Copyright: How Taxes Might Save Fashion

Credit: I. Tarsis, "@ the French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale" (2026) By Shelby Jorgensen Since time immemorial arguments have raged surrounding the question of...
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When Beauty Has a History: The Journey of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers to Japan

Amanda Buonaiuto, Photograph of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers hanging in Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo, August 29, 2026. By Amanda Buonaiuto Alongside the development of...
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When Museums Become Crime Scenes: Who Carries the Risk When Art Is Stolen?

Photo Credit: Aurelia Stauner, "Outside Louvre." By Aurelia Stauner Within the last year, Europe has seen a positive flood of art crimes, and one can’t...
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Inspiration and Investment: The Benin Bronzes in Western Art and the Market

By Sophia Molina with assistance from Eleanna Antonatou and the Center for Art Law Team African material culture has undergone various phases of meaning and...
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Italy’s Bill 2834: A Pathway Toward Restituting Jewish-Owned Art

Nicholas Gemini, Palazzo Montecitorio, photograph, 2019 By Hannah Gadway The Italian Parliament has made waves for proposing Bill 2834, a piece of legislation focused on...
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#MiPatrimonioNoSeVende: Mexico’s New Era of Cultural Repatriation

Gerardo Peña, A collection of objects returned to Mexico, 2025 By Sophia Molina For decades, countries have demanded the return of cultural heritage as part...
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A New Type of Varnish: Nightshade, Glaze, and Artists’ Battle with AI

Gerardo Cibo, Nightshade, colored drawing 1564-1584, photographed by the British Library By Hannah Gadway As AI-generated images flood the Internet, protecting original art from illicit...
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