The Library
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.
If you are working on a new title, or your book is already out, and you would like to have it included in the Repository, please send us information about it (Title, Author/Editor(s), Date of Publication; ISBN, short summary, link to your publisher/distributor).
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Kulturrecht Kunstrecht
“Culture shapes our identity and social interaction. Art is an essential part of this, but it can also open up new perspectives or critically examine existing ones.
This book delves into the complex connections between art, culture, and law. It conveys the fundamentals—from basic cultural rights to cultural funding. It illuminates classic aspects such as historic preservation and copyright law as well as current topics, such as the role of AI and NFTs in art. Particular attention is paid to sensitive issues such as Nazi-looted art and cultural assets from colonial contexts, which require legal clarification. Furthermore, the book offers practical insights into contract drafting in the arts and culture sector: from purchase agreements to film and music contracts.
This work is aimed at lawyers, cultural professionals, and anyone interested in the dynamic interplay between culture, art, and law. It serves as a guide through the multifaceted nature of this legal field and encourages further exploration.”
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The Thief Collector
“In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found hanging in a New Mexico home.”
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Entrapment
“Insurance investigator Virginia Baker deems that the thief Robert MacDougal has robbed a Rembrandt painting. To retrieve the painting, she poses as an art thief, cooperating with him in criminal acts.”
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The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It – Holocaust, Resistance, and Jewish Survival
“Based on select writings from a collection of more than two thousand Dutch diaries written during World War II in order to record this unparalleled time, and maintained by devoted archivists, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven’t seen in quite this way before, from the stories of a Nazi sympathizing police officer to a Jewish journalist who documented daily activities at a transport camp.
Journalist Nina Siegal, who grew up in a family that had survived the Holocaust in Europe, had always wondered about the experience of regular people during World War II. She had heard stories of the war as a child and Anne Frank’s diary, but the tales were either crafted as moral lessons — to never waste food, to be grateful for all you receive, to hide your silver — or told with a punch line. The details of the past went untold in an effort to make it easier assimilate into American life.
When Siegal moved to Amsterdam as an adult, those questions came up again, as did another horrifying one: Why did seventy five percent of the Dutch Jewish community perish in the war, while in other Western European countries the proportions were significantly lower? How did this square with the narratives of Dutch resistance she had heard so much about and in what way did it relate to the famed tolerance people in the Netherlands were always talking about? Perhaps more importantly, how could she raise a Jewish child in this country without knowing these answers?”
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The Secret History of Art
“This podcast, available through iTunes, features articles by Noah on art historical mysteries, as well as selected interviews with fellow authors, from Noah’s How I Write series. Podcast episodes include features on Velazquez’ “Las Meninas,” Picasso’s “Guernica,” Petrus Christus’ “Our Lady of the Dry Tree,” the symbolic origins of Valentine’s Day, fakes and forgeries, the theft of Goya’s “Portrait of the Duke of Wellington,” tips on writing best-selling thrillers, and much more.”
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Books Reviews
Book Review: “Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of…
Book Review: “All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art” (2024)
Book Review: Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger (2012) by Ken Perenyi
Book Review: “Art & Crime” (2022) by Stefan Koldenhoff & Tobias Timm, eng. ed.
Book Review: “Museum Administration: Law and Practice” by Walter Lehmann (2022)
Book Review: “Posthumous Art, Law and the Art Market,” Sharon Hecker and Peter J. Karol, eds.…
Book Review: The Art Collecting Legal Handbook, Bruno W. Boesch And Massimo Sterpi, eds. (3rd ed.,…
Book Review: “Lost Art: The Art Loss Register Casebook Vol I” (2021) by Anja Shortland
Book Review: “The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums & Why…
Art Law Journals
Book Review: “Females in the Frame: Women, Art, and Crime” (2019) by Penelope Jackson
Book Review: “A Philosophy Guide to Street Art and the Law” (2018)
Book Review: “Hitler’s Last Hostages” (2019)
Book Review: “Art and Modern Copyright” (2018)
Book Review: “Females in the Frame: Women, Art, and Crime” (2019)
Book Review: “Art Law and the Business of Art” (2019)
Book Review: “Artist, Authorship & Legacy: A Reader” (2018)
Book Review: “The Bouvier Affair: A True Story” (2019)
Book Review: Joan Kee, “Models of Integrity” (2019)
Book Review: “A Tragic Fate: Law and Ethics in the Battle over Nazi-Looted Art”(2017)
Book Review: “Art Law: A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Art Educators”(2016)
Book Review: “Art and Business: Transactions in Art & Cultural Property” (2016)
Book Review: “Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present” (2016)
Book Review: “Fair and just solutions?” (2015)
Book Review: “Visual Arts and the Law: A Handbook for Professionals” (2013)
Book Review: Elizabeth T. Russell’s “Arts Law Conversations”
All Things Come in Threes: Hope reviews Three Recent Publications on Art Forgery
Pitching an idea to e-Textbook Publishers: Trademarks through NY Restaurants
Art Theft – A Sexy Crime?
