Team

Irina Tarsis, Founder & Managing Director

Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Irina Tarsis, Esq. is an art historian and a practicing attorney admitted to the bar in New York State. She earned her Masters Degree in Art History from Harvard University and her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (NY). Ms. Tarsis launched the Center for Art Law as a blog in 2008/2009. Starting in 2012, Ms. Tarsis began offering internship opportunities to interested law students,  invited guest writers to publish research articles with the Center for Art Law website and organized events to bring lawyers and artists together for meaningful conversations and exchanges of ideas. Under her leadership, the Center was incorporated as a stand-alone non-profit organization in December 2017. Ms. Tarsis has served on the faculty of the Teachers College/Columbia University (2020), Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (2012, 2017-2018) and the European Shoah Legacy Institute/Provenance Research Training Workshops in Vilnius, Lithuania (2013), Athens, Greece and Rome, Italy (2014). An active member of multiple bar associations and art law committees in US and Europe, she contributes to scholarship through regular publications and lectures on various topics, including resale royalty rights, due diligence in provenance research, and fair use issues affecting visual arts. Her publications include articles in the IFAR Journal, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal, Cultural Heritage & Arts Review, Library and The Cultural Record, the ArtWatch UK Journal and the Institute of Art & Law’s journal, Art Antiquity and Law.

Louise Carron, Executive Director

Louise Carron manages the Center for Art Law’s daily operations, including editing and reviewing articles and the Center’s monthly newsletter, planning and coordinating events, along with training and supervising interns. Ms. Carron actively engages in scholarship and has participated in numerous conferences on art law topics, including legal issues surrounding street art, fintech, and authentication. As a New York attorney since May 2019, Ms. Carron teaches workshops on legal basics for artists and advises visual artists and creative entrepreneurs on contract matters, copyright use, and business law. Ms. Carron pursued her legal studies in France at the Université Paris Nanterre, where she earned a double Bachelor’s degree in French law and Common Law, followed by a Master’s degree in Comparative Business Law. She obtained a Master’s of Law (LL.M) at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2018. A member of the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association and of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, Ms. Carron believes in helping artists to protect their creations, rights, and legacies. (Photo credits: justinewebster.com)

Current Supporting Staff

Auction Coordinator: Marla Katz (since Sept. 2020).

Development Coordinator: Elena Gurevich (since Sept. 2020).

Newsletter Editor: Tess Bonoli (since Sept. 2019).

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