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Case Review: German Advisory Commission’s Recommendation in Rieger v. City of Cologne (2021)

By Rachel Sundar. Until 2021, with one exception, the German Advisory Commission on the Return of Cultural Property Seized as a Result of Nazi Persecution,...
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Case Review: Distorted Image, Secret Dealings, and New York Artists Authorship Act (2020-2021)

By Marie Kessel. Lipsky v. Spanierman Gallery, LLC et al, No. 154805/2020, N.Y. Slip Op. 30727 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. March 10, 2021). When creating a...
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A Blow to Pop Art: Case Review of Warhol v. Goldsmith (2021)

By Michelle Mancino Marsh and Lindsay Korotkin. The Second Circuit recently held that artist Andy Warhol’s use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of the musician Prince...
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Case Review: Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp (2021)

By Laura Michiko Kaiser. A high-profile Nazi-era restitution claim has been making waves since the United States Supreme Court issued its decision on February 3,...
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Oklahoma to France and Back Again? A Case of Split-Custody of Nazi-Looted Art

By David Jenkins. The University of Oklahoma and the Musée d’Orsay have found themselves at the heart of a legal dispute over the fate of...
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Case Review: Rock’n’Roll, Museums, and Copyright Law (2020)

By Laura Michiko Kaiser Marano v. Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 19-CV-8606, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122515 (S.D.N.Y. July 13, 2020). Art galleries, museums, and...
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Making a Case for the CASE Act

By David Jenkins On December 21, 2020, the U.S. Congress passed a COVID-19 relief bill unlocking stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment benefits, and education funding. It...
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Case Review: A Last Laugh from Frans Hals (UK)

By Eve Gatenby. Most Frans Hals portraits have a kind of swagger to them that suggests that they are enjoying a good joke at the...
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Case Review: Abbott Labs v. Feinberg (2020)

By SaBreigha Dixon. Abbott Laboratories v. Feinberg, No. 1:18-cv-08468 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 9, 2020). At the heart of this case involving both art theft and forgery...
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Case Review: René Gimpel’s Heirs Fight for Restitution by French Museums (2020)

By Angélie Pompée. Andre Derain, Paysage à Cassis (1907); La Chapelle Sous Crécy (1910); Pinède, Cassis (1907); The Gimpel Gallery in Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, around 1900....
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Case Review: U.S. v. Righter (FL/CA, 2020)

By Olivia Baker. Forgeries have undeniable adverse effects on the art world. Some forgers have avoided being discovered and others have luckily been caught, Phillip...
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Book Review: “A Philosophy Guide to Street Art and the Law” (2018)

By Lucy Siegel. In his recent publication, A Philosophy Guide to Street Art and the Law (Brill Research Perspectives, 2018), philosophy and art theory professor...
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