Artist-Dealer Relationships Clinic (May 2023)

In 2012, New York passed an amendment to its Arts & Cultural Affairs Law, N.Y. Arts & Cult. Aff. Law §12.01 (2012), which affects the consignment relationship between artists and dealers and creates critical new duties—and liabilities, for the art dealer. Most importantly, it makes using any form of agreement drafted under the old law risky, particularly for the gallery or consignee. In 2022, the Center for Art Law is launching its third clinic, the Artist-Dealer Relationships Clinic.

This Clinic connected artists, dealers, and attorneys to forge meaningful relations and provide a platform for artists and dealers to learn about art contracts, and consignment agreements and had their questions on the topic addressed by experts in the field.

Schedule:

• 5:30–6:00 PM EST: Keynote Address by Yael M. Weitz
• 6:00–8:00 PM EST: participating artists will be paired with a Volunteer Attorney for a confidential 15-20 min consultation.

Volunteer Attorneys

• Catlan McCurdy, Principal Attorney, McCurdy, LLC
• Olivia Taylor, Associate, withersworlwide
• Caitlin Lee Dempsey, Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP
• David J Breyer, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
• Mitchell Raab, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
• Lauren Toccalino, Associate, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
• Irina Tarsis, Attorney, Founder and Managing Director, Center for Art Law

Are you interested in becoming a participating attorney? Please contact us at clinic@itsartlaw.org.

About the Keynote Speaker

Yael M. Weitz | Counsel, Kaye Spiegler

Yaél advises clients in a wide range of domestic and cross-border art and cultural property matters.

She has represented claimants seeking restitution of art misappropriated during the Holocaust, and claimants seeking the recovery of looted or stolen cultural patrimony. She has represented collectors and galleries in various art transactions.

Yaél received her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she served as an Articles Editor for the Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender. While in law school, Yaél interned with the Honorable Faith S. Hochberg of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Yaél received her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Binghamton University. Yaél is fluent in Hebrew.

Hosts:

The Center for Art Law is a Brooklyn-based research and education nonprofit that offers resources and programming for the advancement of a vibrant arts and law community. Through its website and monthly Art Law Blast newsletter, the Center disseminates information and keeps readers updated on art- and law-related news, events, cases, and publications. The Center facilitates conversations by hosting and participating in programs including conferences, workshops and clinics for visual artists, film screenings, and more. Today a world-renowned asset to the art law field, the Center serves artists, attorneys, students and scholars of both disciplines, art market professionals, and members of the general public.