Our Legal Issues In Museum Administration

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Berkshire Stock: Much to do about Deaccessioning

By Jennie Nadel What is deaccessioning? The process of eliminating a piece of work from a museum’s permanent collection is known as deaccessioning. According to...
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Art Hygiene Law: Artists Who Use Unusual Materials and Viewers Who “Take In” The Art

By Ethan Ashley Arsenic orange, cadmium red, vermilion, lead white, cobalt, chrome green, formaldehyde, pig skin, feces...What happens when the substrates of creativity confront the...
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On Law, Museums and Nazi-era Looted Art in France and the United States

By Louise Carron In December 2017, about 100 Old Master paintings plundered during World War II from private collections were put on permanent display at...
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Bring Me the Head of King David: Questions of Attribution and the Responsibility of Museums

By Center for Art Law Team Art forgery has long been a siren of the art world. Dark yet beguiling, it ranges from misidentification of...
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Broad or narrow: Taxman reviews “Private” Museums

By David Honig Last year, on November 20, 2015, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) launched a review of eleven US private museums in response to a...
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U.S. Museums May Serve As Safe Havens to protect ISIS-Looted Antiquities from Destruction

by Elizabeth Weber, Esq. [caption id="attachment_31041" align="alignright" width="452"] Source: AAMD Website.[/caption] Following the destruction and looting of culturally significant works in war-torn areas, the Association of...
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Spotlight: UNESCO and the World Heritage Convention

By Lindsay Dekter We must construct the defenses of peace in the minds of women and men. -UNESCO Motto A look at the history, framework,...
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Spotlight: Institute for Museum and Library Services (DC)

By Debra S. Friedmann Combining the number of all Starbucks and McDonald's locations will still not come close to the number of museums and libraries...
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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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Viability and Feasibility: How much is an Art Museum Worth?

By Elizabeth Lash, Esq. Who can say how much a piece of artwork is worth?  Who owns public art?  In one particular case, that of...
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Case Review: US v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer (8th Cir.)

By Angelea Selleck After nearly three years of legal battles between the United States government and the St. Louis Art Museum (the “SLAM”), the forfeiture...
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Muses in Bankruptcy Court: a look at US arts and cultural institutions finding themselves in bankruptcy and out

By Lesley Sotolongo Cultural institutions rely on both public and private funding to keep their doors open, however, public funding has become increasingly more difficult...
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