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NAGPRA in Archaeological Practice: Implementing Duty of Care
This article examines how Native Nations and institutions have been affected by a new directive in the revised NAGPRA regulations, the duty of care provision (43 CFR 10.1(d)), with a focus on the care of Indigenous Ancestral remains and cultural items. The Native Nation’s perspective is provided by the Osage Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the Illinois State Museum; and Indiana University share their viewpoints as institutions that house Indigenous Ancestral remains, cultural items, and archaeological collections and describe the initial impacts of the revised legislation on their programs. There are several key takeaways of its initial effects, including (1) an increased burden to Native Nations, given the substantial uptick in requests for consultation linked to new requirements for consent and the revised definitions of cultural items and research (although the end result of more consultations leading to repatriations is desired), (2) a disconnect between Native Nations and institutions regarding cultural item identification, (3) a strengthening of existing NAGPRA-related institutional policies and procedures, and (4) an emphasis on the importance of consultation between institutions and Native Nations to facilitate repatriation.
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Museums as Agents of Change
Museums everywhere have the potential to serve as agents of change—bringing people together, contributing to local communities, and changing people’s lives. So how can we, as individuals, radically expand the work of museums to live up to this potential? How can we more fiercely recognize the meaningful work that museums are doing to enact change around the relevant issues in our communities? How can we work together to build a stronger culture of equity and care within museums?? Questions like these are increasingly vital for all museum professionals to consider, no matter what your role is within your institution. They are also important questions for all of us to be thinking about more deeply as citizens and community members. This book is about the work we need to do to become changemakers and demand that that our museums take action toward positive social change and bring people together into a more just, equitable, compassionate, and connected society. It is a journey toward tapping the energies within all of us to make change happen and proactively shape a new future.
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Darraby on Art Law, 2026 Edition
This treatise synthesizes the field of art law and provides a valuable resource for museums, collectors, auctions, dealers, galleries, artists, developers, architects, and preservation committees. It examines laws governing visual arts, presenting analysis of social, policy, economic, and cultural issues affecting arts transactions and litigation. It covers the fundamentals of trade practices; valuation and appraisal; the Uniform Commercial Code; auction; international trade; copyright, trademark, and unfair competition; artist’s rights; constitutional issues regarding display and exhibition; art fraud; archeology and artifacts; and historic preservation. It also examines issues relating to tax, bankruptcy, evidence, fraud, forgery, import and export, and related areas.
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Couture Fashion Law: Copyright and Artistic Works
This book provides an insight into the legal workings of the most ostentatious fashion sector, Couture, whilst simultaneously advocating for stronger legal protection in this industry.
Offering an interdisciplinary approach, including art theory from Tolstoy and Rand amongst others, the book examines where Couture fashion sits within the law. Most significantly the book considers the couturier as an ‘artist’ and Couture as ‘art’ in relation to how this art form may be protected legally by copyright. Reflecting on contemporary issues, it analyses recent legal cases together with legislation, to provide awareness on the current position, and considers implications for the future by suggesting legal frameworks in pursuit of improvements. Using U.K. law as a case study, the book also comparatively assesses global fashion law, analysing the legal workings in the E.U. and the U.S.
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Hitler’s Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective who Infiltrated the Underworld
The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire.
When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one of the Second World War’s unexplained mysteries: what really happened to the Striding Horses, Hitler’s favourite statue, which disappeared during the bombing of Berlin.
As Brand goes undercover to find the horses, he discovers a terrifying world ruled by neo-s and former KGB agents, where Third Reich memorabilia sells for millions of dollars. The stakes get ever higher as Brand carefully lays his trap to catch the criminal masterminds trying to sell the statue on the black market. But who are they? And will he manage to bring them to justice before they discover his real identity?
Hitler’s Horses is a thrilling retelling of one of history’s most extraordinary heists.
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Brand, Arthur. Hitler’s Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective who Infiltrated the Underworld. Ebury Press, 2021.
Books Reviews
Case Review: Bennigson v. Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Case Review: The Modigliani Forgery Epidemic Strikes Again?
Perelman’s Art Damage Case Continued to Burn Through Court Last Week
Case Review Update: Thaler v. Perlmutter (2025)
Case Review: Hayden v. Koons (2025)
Case Review: Ravensburger v. Italian Ministry of Culture (LG Stuttgart, Judgment of 14.03.2024 – 17 O…
Case Review: Getty v. Italy (2024)
Case Review: Farmer-Paellmann v Smithsonian Inst.
Case Review: Kerson v. Vermont Law School, Inc.
Matters of Baldessari: Estate of the Artist Finds Itself on Both Sides of Litigation
Case Review: Hermès International v. Rothschild
“Shhhhhh”: Kat Von D and Tattoo Fan Art – Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg (2021)
Case Review: RF and Bulatov v. Tsvetkova and other charges against an artist
Appropriation or Art? Court Orders Richard Prince to Pay Damages in Highly Anticipated Copyright Lawsuit
AI and Artists’ IP: Exploring Copyright Infringement Allegations in Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd.
Diversity-Fraud: Accent Delight v. Sotheby’s
Case Review: Reif, et al. v. The Art Institute of Chicago (2023)
Case Review: Thaler v. Perlmutter (2023)
Case Review: The Barnes Foundation can now loan art (2023)
Case Review: Free Holdings v. McCoy and Sotheby’s (2023)
Protection of Cultural Icons: Implications of the Galleria dell’Accademia v. Edizioni Conde Nast Decision
Case Review: Yuga Labs, Inc. v. Ripps, et al., 2:22-cv-04355 (C.D. Cal. April 21, 2023)
Copyright Registration for AI Generated Works: Zarya of the Dawn and the Dawn of a New…
Langford and the Pandora Papers: The Flaws Uncovered in the Art World
Case Review: Roberts v. Richard Beavers Gallery et al (2022) – on Artistic Tradition and Copyright…
Case Review: The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi
Degrees of Transformation: Andy Warhol’s 102 minutes of fame before the Supreme Court
Case Review: US v. Philbrick (2022)
Case Review: Art Works, Inc. v. Diana Al-Hadid
Appropriation Art on Trial: Oral Arguments before the Supreme Court in Warhol v. Goldsmith
Case Review: Cassirer et. al. v. Thyssen Bornemisza Collection Foundation (2022)
Legacy and Lawsuits: An Overview of the Robert Indiana Estate Court Battles
A Case of Forgeries at the Herbert Hoover
Case Review: Republic of Turkey v. Christie’s Inc. (2021)
Case Review: Lanier v. Harvard (2021)
Subhash Kapoor: A Decade in Review
Case Review: German Advisory Commission’s Recommendation in Rieger v. City of Cologne (2021)
Case Review: Distorted Image, Secret Dealings, and New York Artists Authorship Act (2020-2021)
A Blow to Pop Art: Case Review of Warhol v. Goldsmith (2021)
Case Review: Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp (2021)
Oklahoma to France and Back Again? A Case of Split-Custody of Nazi-Looted Art
Case Review: Rock’n’Roll, Museums, and Copyright Law (2020)
Making a Case for the CASE Act
Case Review: A Last Laugh from Frans Hals (UK)
Case Review: Abbott Labs v. Feinberg (2020)
Case Review: René Gimpel’s Heirs Fight for Restitution by French Museums (2020)
Case Review: U.S. v. Righter (FL/CA, 2020)
Book Review: “A Philosophy Guide to Street Art and the Law” (2018)
Case Review: Meaders v. Helwaser (2020)
Case Review: Barnet et al v. Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Hellenic Republic (2020)
Remembering Modigliani: Italy’s Ongoing Battle against Forgery
Case Review: Is There HOPE for the Estate of Robert Indiana?
Case Review: Allen v. Cooper (2020)
Case Review: Republic of Turkey v. Christie’s
Case Review of the 5Pointz Appeal: Castillo et al. v. G&M Realty L.P. (2020)
Case Review: The Mayor Gallery v. Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné
Two for the Price of One: Recent US Legal Developments in Nazi-Looted Art
Case Review: Takeaways from Mary Boone’s Day in Court
Case Review: Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
Case Review: de Csepel v. Republic of Hungary
Case Review: Warhol v. Goldsmith
Case Review: Droit de suite… not so sweet
Case Review: Sotheby’s v. Greece
May Flash: Basqui-what?
Around the Block Ruling in 5Pointz
Blockage Discounts and Artists’ Estates: The De Kooning Post-Mortem
Rights: Investigating and Prosecuting Kleptocracy in Malaysia
The Making of the Moral Rights Case: The Factual and Legal Background of the 5Pointz Trial
Case Review: Maestracci v. Helly Nahmad Gallery Inc. (2014)
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Covenants Not to Compete Between Auction Houses
Suing Cargo Largo, Pak Mail and UPS in Florida for Art Theft
Case Preview: Andy Warhol Foundation v. Bugarin
Case Review: Christie’s v. Jombihis
Case Review: Rauschenberg Estate Saga of Trust and Fees Explained, Again
Case Review: Galin v. Kunitake Hamada (2015), or Legal Storm over “Ice Storm”
Case Review: Foster v. Svenson (2015)
Case Review: Rybolovlev v. Bouvier
Case Review: Red Rothko Suit, a.k.a. Hoffman v. L&M Arts (TX)
Rockwell-not Case Review: Knispel v. Gallery 63 Antiques
Case Review: David Toren v. Federal Republic of Germany and Free State of Bavaria – Task…
Rauschenberg Estate Saga of Trust and Fees Explained
Case Review: Crile v. Commission of Internal Revenue
Case Review: United States v. Twenty-Nine Pre-Columbian and Colonial Artifacts, From Peru
Case Review: Karlsson v. Mangan
Case Review: US v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer (8th Cir.)
Case Review: Frank Kolodny v. James Meyer, Fred Dorfman, and Dorfman Projects LLC (May 2014)
Case Review: Schoeps v. Free State of Bavaria (June. 2014)
Case Review: Scher v. Stendhal Gallery, Inc., et al.
Case Review: Caterbetti v. Bloomgarden, et al
Basquiat sightings, or Case Review: Heriveaux v. Christies, Inc.
Case Review: Bilinski v. the Keith Haring Foundation
Libel by Fiction: Greene v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
Case Review: Photographer v. Artist (2013)
Calder Estate Fraud Claim Dismissed: Judge Finds Allegations “An Incoherent Stew of Irrelevance and Innuendo”
Case Review: Meyer v. Bd. of Regents of the U. of Oklahoma, or How long will…
Case Preview: Lonny Marrow v. Jacob Javits Center, et al.
Lessons on Auction Houses from Sotheby’s and the Case of the Stolen Renoir
Small Win for Artists Fighting Against 5Pointz Demolition, But Will It Be Enough?
Case Review: Janney-Pace v. Metropolitan Fine Arts & Antiques
Wallspace LLC Sues Insurance Company for Damages Sustained During Sandy
A Knoedler Aftershock: Freedman sues for Defamation
Statkun v. Gasser and Grunert: Another VARA Claim on the Table in the Southern District of…
After a Protracted Battle, Los Angeles Takes Final Steps to Lifting Ban on Murals
Right to Privacy v. Freedom of Expression in Case of “Peeping Tom” Photographer
Case Review in Brief: Art Historian Found Liable for Incorrect Authentication (2013)
Is Cariou v. Prince Headed to the Supreme Court?
What’s in a name ‘Borghe$e’?
“What’s in a Name?” Peter Paul Biro v. Condé Nast for Defamation
Five Art Market Lessons from Recent Case Law
Appropriate Standards in Appropriation Art? Cariou v. Prince Decision Garners Relief but Fails to Provide Substantive…
In Sobel v. Eggleston, Limited Edition Is NO Limit to Subsequent Editions
Keith Haring Foundation v. Colored Thumb Corp.
“Pandorin’s Box”: Jenack v. Rabizadeh Threatens Anonymity of Sellers at Auction
Jasper Johns’ “Tantric Detail” Paintings Held Hostage and Subject of Suit
Case Review: Konowaloff v. Metropolitan Museum of Art (Holding: Met Can Keep Cézanne)
Regarding Flower in Murakami v. Boesky
Lagrange v. Knoedler — SETTLED
Case Review: the Seven-Year Saga of Bakalar v. Vavra Comes to an End
Perelman and Gagosian Countersue Over ‘Popeye’
The Velvet Underground v. The Andy Warhol Foundation — DISMISSED
Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court’s Decision in Legal Battle Between Fashion Powerhouses
New York’s Southern District Court Rules that Artworks Consigned to Galleries May Be Reached By Creditors
CA District Court Finds State Resale Royalty Unconstitutional
The Mask, Egyptian Funerary and Known to Legally Disappear
Footnote: Supreme Court Declines Review of Black Swan Case
Marc Jancou Files $26 Million Suit Against Cady Nowland and Sotheby’s
The Kunstmuseum Basel and Malevich Heirs Settle
Warhol Foundation Urges Protection for Appropriation Art as Experts Debate
Nazi-Era Art Litigation: Orkin v Swiss Confederation
More About the Public Domain: Golan v Holder
Cariou v Prince: a continuing controversy
VLA fils an amicus brief in support of Kelley
Inspiration or Infringement: Gordon v McGinley
No One is Innocent but the Cow, or The Tale of a Callous Son
"Phony And Overvalued Russian Art" Impossible but Caveat Emptor
Supreme Court Nonplussed by Claimant Endeavor to Recover Art in Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum…
Framing Fiduciary Duty in Marchig v. Christie’s
A Pissarro, Stolen and Forfeited
Art Authentication: another foundation comes under scrutiny
Yes Rasta: Richard Prince loses copyright suit
Recent Developments on the Herzog Collection — Nixon Peabody Advises Hungary with Restitution Issues
Parties in Adams Photo Dispute Settle
Dances With Bisons Starring Costner and Detmers — UPDATED 5/15/12
Art Dealers Under Review: The Wildensteins
Westfield v. Federal Republic of Germany — FSIA schields Germany from defending the case on the…
WikiLeaks and Art Law?! Black Swan Affair Gets Wind to its Sail
Spain, Thyssen-Bornemisza Seek Review of Ninth Circuit FSIA Decision
Term of Art: Authenticity
United States and Nicaragua Extend Agreement to Protect Archaeological Heritage of Nicaragua
Will the Supreme Court Take Up Nazi-era Limitations Periods?
YouTube copyright case in Spain — Google cleared
Just Another Art Restitution Case? Think again
Another Odyssey Decisions from FL courts
VARA Applies to Unfinished Works
DOJ Urges 7th Circuit to Shield Iranian Artifacts From Seizure by Terrorism Victims
GLOBAL PIRACY WATCH: AUSTRALIA’S ISP LIABILITY TEST CASE
SHEPARD FAIREY V. ASSOCIATED PRESS (PICTURE’S WORTH SOMETHING)
Keep your Friends Close — Foundations In Dispute Over Artists’ Funds
Photographers of the World Unit (Under US Copyright Law)
