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Book Review: “Hitler’s Last Hostages” (2019)

By Madhulika Murali. What do art and fascism have in common? More than one might think, as Mary M. Lane details in her thorough exploration...
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Book Review: “Art and Modern Copyright” (2018)

By Sophie Chung. Pulitzer-winning novelist Pearl S. Buck once said, “If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” Dr. Elena Cooper’s new...
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Book Review: “Females in the Frame: Women, Art, and Crime” (2019)

By Yuchen Xie. “I know of no notable female forgers in the history of forgery.” Noah Charney, The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and...
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Book Review: “Art Law and the Business of Art” (2019)

By Angela Dimery Having practiced in multinational law firms in London, before crossing over into the art business as General Counsel at Christie’s London for...
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Book Review: “Artist, Authorship & Legacy: A Reader” (2018)

By Jana S. Farmer Artist, Authorship & Legacy is a collection of twenty-two interdisciplinary essays edited by Daniel McClean, art attorney in California and the...
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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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Book Review: Joan Kee, “Models of Integrity” (2019)

By Center for Art Law On Thursday, February 14, 2019, The Art & Law Program hosted the book launch of Models of Integrity: Art and...
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Book Review: “A Tragic Fate: Law and Ethics in the Battle over Nazi-Looted Art”(2017)

By Jason Barnes The recent movie Woman of Gold and the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act enacted in 2016 reflect a steady interest in U.S....
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Book Review: “Art Law: A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators”(2016)

By Wylie Rechler Ever wonder about the processes, complexities, and challenges revolving around an artist’s journey from studio to international renown? Or a collector’s campaign...
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Book Review: “Art and Business: Transactions in Art & Cultural Property” (2016)

By Marine Leclinche With every new publication on the subject of art law we are pleased to note the developments and growth of the field,...
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Book Review: “Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present” (2016)

By Nina Mesfin. While museums today seem to be gradually withdrawing from the purchase and sale of artworks on the private art market, private collectors...
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Book Review: “Fair and just solutions?” (2015)

By Adir Paner Seventy years since the end of World War II, earnest efforts to restitute property, cultural and otherwise seem to be on the...
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