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How do you solve the problem like Orphan Works?

[NOTE: THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN 2012] On December 3, 2012, the ABA Committee on Copyright Policy will host a webinar on the topic of orphan...
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Spotlight: The Art Loss Register (UK)

The Art Loss Register (ALR) has become synonymous with due diligence in the art parley. Dealers, museums, collectors, insurance companies, all who consider investing in art works...
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Christo’s "Over the River" Obstructed by Legal Challenges

  "Over The River" is a temporary work of art, still in progress, by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009), akin to their "The Gates"...
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New Publications of Interest

TAKING IT PERSONALLY: THE INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY OF MUSEUM PERSONNEL edited by Ruth Redmond-Cooper and Norman Palmer ISBN: 9781903987254 - November 2011 Art litigation is an...
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WikiLoot: Crowdsourcing to ID and Recover Cultural Heritage

WikiLoot.com is a blank page. But there is a buzz on the nets about the idea that Jason Felch, co-author of "Chasing Aphrodite" is pitching...
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Spring Cleaning — Free Offprints

In case you missed "Human Rights and Cultural Heritage: from the Holocaust to the Haitian Earthquake" (March 31, 2011) and "Art as Investment: Legal and Business...
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POW stands for "Portrait of Wally," at Tribeca Film Festival

On April 28 and 29, this Saturday and Sunday, Tribeca Film Festival will show a documentary about the restitution case of Egon Schiele's "Portrait of...
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Firms with Art Law Practice Groups

If you ask any attorney about art-related cases, chances he or she has handled at least one matter related to disposition of a collection, title...
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EASL/NYFA offer Pro Bono Assistance to Artists

  The Entertainment, Arts and Sports Section (EASL) of the New York State Bar Association has a Pro Bono Committee. Artists who need legal advice...
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Occupy Unpaid Internships! An Open Letter to NYFA

By Ariel Greenberg Every day, budding arts professionals scour job classifieds websites and postings in search of internship opportunities in galleries, museums, theaters, and art...
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Clooney buys the rights to Edsel’s "The Monuments Men"

George Clooney's new directorial project is based on Robert M Edsel's The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History....
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Everybody is a Critic but Scrapping Decisions Better Made by Artists and Collectors

Christopher A. Marinello, Executive Director & General Counsel at the Art Loss Register and Jerome Hasler, Student at the Courtauld Institute and Intern at The...
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