Our Legal Issues In Museum Administration

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NOW you see it… Legalese of Street Art

[caption id="attachment_3910" align="alignright" width="300"] [Untitled] (Vilnius, Lithuania)[/caption]By Irina Tarsis, Esq. Did you know that some street artists pay building owners for the right to paint...
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The Art of Gifting Art

When gifting art, a donor should be mindful of the outcome and options.  Such attention may reduce the chances of costly confusion or conflict, and avoid...
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Canada: Gaining Ground in Restituting World War II Looted Art

On April 24, 2013, coinciding with Canada’s term as Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), the Canadian Department of Heritage issued a press...
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Selling the Detroit Institute of Art Collection… What’s the Big Deal?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="186"] Van Gogh, "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat," 1887[/caption] If you're searching out for something - Don't try so hard ... But if...
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Naysayers Vamoose: Forum Asserts that ADR is a Possible Solution in Antiquity Disputes

[caption id="attachment_2936" align="alignright" width="300"] The Dallas Museum of Art returned the Orpheus Mosaic to Turkey in exchange for future loans.[/caption] While some may say that...
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Who Owns Anne Frank’s Legacy: The Frank Museum or the Frank Family?

[caption id="attachment_2849" align="alignright" width="220"] Anne Frank in 1941.[/caption] Last month the district court in Amsterdam decided that the Anne Frank House must return 10,000 documents...
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Picasso Si, Picasso La: Pending Legal Actions Involving Two Picasso Paintings

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), man of many talents, was arguably the most influential and versatile artist of the 20th. His works are perennially coveted and ubiquitous. Everybody who is anybody had,...
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Money, Money, Money, Not So Funny in Sicily

Mozia Charioteer, 470-460 BC, now on display at the J. Getty Museum Sicilian are crying foul to the J. Paul Getty and Cleveland Museum exhibition...
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Museums Increasingly Face Copyright Issues

Rijksmuseum makes waves by allowing photography in all its galleries and high resolution images on their website. When the Rijksmuseum opened its doors last month...
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YouTube Offers Evidence and Confession of a Picasso Vandal

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDriGHJIexk?rel=0] Last June, an art student, Uriel Landeros, was caught on video vandalizing a Picasso painting, Woman in a Red Armchair, at the Menil Collection in...
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Attorney’s Appeal for Intervention Against Museums Addicted to Nazi Looted Art

In an article with a cheeky title and a noble purpose, Raymond J. Dowd, Partner with Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP argues that the procedural...
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Pickpocketing at the Louvre Forces the Museum to Close After Guards Walkout

The Louvre closed its doors on April 10th after gallery guards staged a walkout in protest to an increase in pickpocketing and violence. On April...
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