Gainsborough’s “Portrait” in Contemporary Fashion Dispute

" In a previous entry, I wrote about an appeal to be heard by Russia's new Intellectual Property Court involving images of the Thomas Gainsborough...

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To Return or not to Return? Are Museums Really at Crossroads on Nazi-era Claims?

It is true that some museums chose to use technical defenses to avoid returning art works in their holdings that were stolen by the Nazis...

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In Focus: Graphic Arts and Library Theft

The Chicago Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the theft of historical topographical maps from various educational institutions. Over the course...

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