Our Art Law

Date posted:

Booked and Sentenced: Rare Books, Real Heists, and Really Short Sentences

By Lauren Stein Introduction: The Unique World of Rare Book Crimes “‘If anyone take away this book, let him die the death; let him be...
Read more...
Date posted:

200 years later: Damien Hirst plans to “create” art posthumously DOT DOT DOT

By Alexa Donovan In late May 2025, Damien Hirst, born 1965, revealed estate plans that provide for the “creation” of art from beyond the grave.[1]...
Read more...
Date posted:

How to Catch a Criminal in the 21st Century and Why AI Might be Able to Help

By Shelby Jorgensen There is a deep cultural fascination with art theft and forgeries – darlings of art crime. The classic image is that of...
Read more...
Date posted:

Redefining Restitution: France’s Legal Shift on Nazi-Looted Art

By Justine Chen In the decades since the end of World War II, Nazi-looted art has remained a persistent issue; thousands of artworks from Jewish...
Read more...
Date posted:

Shedding Light on Copyright’s Challenges in LED-Based Art

By Juliette Groothaert For centuries, artists have been fascinated by capturing light. From the Renaissance masters who pioneered techniques like sfumato to create dissolving edges...
Read more...
Date posted:

Three works from the Harvard Art Museum: How I Introduced Art Law to Educate Visitors

By Hannah Gadway Art law is intriguing for those already invested in the realm of law, but can also be an educational tool that can...
Read more...
Date posted:

The Price of Expression: U.S. Tariff Policy and the International Art Market

By Kaede Kusano In early 2025, United States President Donald Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) — a 1977 statute designed for...
Read more...
Date posted:

Restitution Interrupted: Controversy Over the Polish Law on Nazi-Looted Property

By Jagna Schmude During World War II, more than 600,000 artworks were looted from Jewish families.[1] To this day, over 100,000 remain in public and...
Read more...
Date posted:

Freedman Gallery, Albright College: What happens when a college sells its art collection?

By Alexa Donovan The Freedman Gallery (established nearly 50 years ago) at Albright College (founded in 1856 and located in Reading, Pennsylvania) was like many...
Read more...
Date posted:

Decades of Dispute: The Latest Bubon Bronze to be Repatriated to Türkiye

By Andrew Dearman The exquisite ancient bronze statue of a draped figure, housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art since its acquisition in 1986, has...
Read more...
Date posted:

Unpacking the US Copyright Office’s Third Report on Generative AI

By Juliette Groothaert [gallery type="columns" columns="2" ids="73891,73892"]   Upon asking DALL-E 3[1] to “create a scenic view of the sea in the style of Van...
Read more...
Date posted:

Witness: The Testimony of a Beheaded Sculpture

By Emily Ham The Story: Witness at the University of Houston About the Work Standing at eighteen feet tall, Witness (2024) by Shahzia Sikander is...
Read more...