Our Cultural Heritage

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Hopi Restitution Suits: Questions of Standing and Rights

By Lindsay Voirin, Esq. Center for Art Law previously reported that the Hopi Tribal Council partnered with the Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP) to file...
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Towering Ban on Ivory Trade

By Mia Tomijima [caption id="attachment_30334" align="alignright" width="438"] Byzantine ivory relief, Death of the Virgin (around 1000). Worcester Art Museum, MA. 1942 Museum Purchase.[/caption] Ever since...
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The New Frontier of Cultural Property Protections: When Acquiring Cultural Objects Supports Terrorism

By Timur Tusiray [caption id="attachment_30227" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Collage of Headlines featuring recent looting and destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle East areas under the...
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Cosby’s “Conversations”: How Should Museums Decide What is in the Public’s Best Interest?

By Debra S. Friedmann Part of the core mission of the majority of museums is to educate the public. One way they achieve this is...
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Let’s do it again but better? Pros and Cons of Renewing the US-Italy Cultural Property MOU

by Tess Bonoli Since January 19, 2001, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Italy has offered an added layer of protection...
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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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ISIS Cultural Destruction: In Brief

By Mia Tomijima War and political takeovers define history, but are also often responsible for erasing it. The devastating effects of these feuds result in...
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Competing or Complementing: Art Loss Databases Proliferate

By Mia Tomijima Stolen art seems to be ubiquitous and difficult to track. It is relatively easy to ship and sell around the world, and...
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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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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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Attacks Against Cultural Heritage Abroad Raise Questions at Home

by Melissa (YoungJae) Koo Just about a month after the attack at Charlie Hebdo journal and a deadly shooting at a kosher supermarket in Paris, five...
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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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