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Below is a list of books and journals that the Center for Art Law compiles in our quest to keep track of the art law publications and relevant scholarship.
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The United States vs Alfredo Martinez
The United States vs Alfredo Martinez documents the life and work the New York City-based artist notorious for forging the works of artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. He was arrested for wire fraud after selling forged Basquiats and sentenced to time in prison in 2002. During his time in prison, Martinez continued making art using unconventional materials like coffee and fruit juice and his work was even featured in gallery shows. He saw his imprisonment as a “publicity stunt” and an opportunity to make a statement about the art world’s valuation of authenticity and money. He even gave a forgery master class as part of The Downtown Biennial where attendees learned how to create a fake Basquiat. Martinez later collaborated with and mentored Anna Delvey (Anna Sorokin), a con artist who had also been imprisoned for defrauding the art world. Martinez curated a show of Delvey’s work, and even created some of the pieces himself when she faced prison restrictions. Alfredo Martinez passed away in 2023 at the age of 56. His life and unconventional approach to art cemented his place in New York’s underground art scene and earned him a spot in collections like the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Rothschild Collection.
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O’Keefe’s Commentary on the 1970 UNESCO Convention
This new edition of Patrick O’Keefe’s classic book presents up-to-date analysis of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, contributing to a detailed article-by-article commentary on the Convention’s provisions, while providing historical context to the Convention’s adoption and a contemporary understanding of its stature today.
The traffic in cultural artefacts has been a major challenge for the international community, especially when it involves cross-border smuggling and the potentially conflicting application of different national laws. The UNESCO Convention was adopted in 1970 to confront this challenge, setting out important mechanisms for the protection and the return of cultural objects. While the direct legal effect of the Convention is debatable, it has without doubt become the quintessential marker in the fight against the illicit antiquities trade, coming to influence standards across the entire cultural sector. With almost 150 States Parties, the Convention has had an indelible impact on the ethical landscape affecting acquisitions and due diligence amongst museums and the art market.
The book highlights the background which led to the creation of the Convention and offers a critical look at how it has been interpreted over the years by commentators and international bodies. It also examines in detail specific implementation of the Convention across a number of important States.
The 1970 Convention is a watershed, an aspiration, an icon – and an eternal compromise. This book shows how the Convention has come to be all these things at once, and what its future may hold.
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Law and Finance in International Art Markets: Tools for the Future
This book brings together scholars from numerous fields of expertise to explore the legal and financial structures of historic and contemporary art markets around the world.
Chapters bring in perspectives from across the human and social sciences, employing a range of methods interpret the creation, demand for, dissemination, evaluation and protection of art in an increasingly global environment.
This book provides a valuable tool for understanding art markets within their wider context. The volume will be of interest to scholars researching into the legal and financial aspects of the cultural and creative industries in general, and international art markets more specifically.
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IP before IP: Exercising and Protecting Creations and Inventions before the Modern IP Regime
This illuminating book examines how people managed their creative and inventive works before the modern intellectual property (IP) system. Neil J. Wilkof explores how individuals treated intellectual creations in their respective times and across differing political, cultural, and religious backgrounds.
Written as an engaging narrative, and presenting a wide range of historical and geographical accounts, the book traces IP from the Biblical era to the Industrial Revolution and from Edinburgh to Baghdad. Each chapter explores a self-contained historical period, highlighting the diversity of people, locations, periods, and circumstances prior to the modern harmonisation of legal IP. The narrative illuminates the motivations for protecting creation and invention, underscoring notable attitudinal differences between then and now. Rather than seeking to uncover historical antecedents to the modern IP system, the book addresses intellectual historical creations and inventions on their own terms and within their own milieu.
IP before IP is an essential resource for scholars and students of intellectual property law, and legal, cultural and literary history. Intellectual property lawyers seeking to broaden their understanding of historical IP will also benefit from its diverse, expansive scope.
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Censorship in Polish Art After 1989: Art, Law, Politics
Censorship in Polish Art After 1989 is a pioneering work on censorship in Polish art after the fall of the USSR available in English for the first time with a skilled translation by Łukasz Mojsak and Aleksandra Sobczak. Polish Art Historian Jakub Dąbrowski, with contributions from Anna Demenko, offers the first comprehensive study to analyze the problems of restricting the freedom of artistic expression in the Third Polish Republic. Censorship in Polish Art After 1989 includes two complementary approaches – legal and historical (including political and social aspects of the phenomenon).
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Books Reviews
The Mendelsohn Case: Implications for Future Restitution
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)
