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Artists Call on Congress to Stop Corporations From Copyrighting AI Art
Together with writers and performers, visual artists declared an AI Day Of Action to fight for their copyrights.
Art Law
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Native Artists Fear Proposed Changes to Indian Arts and Crafts Act
Many worry that the broad language of the new changes will be abused by corporate manufacturers and undermine legal protections.
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New UK Law Allows Museums to Return Objects For "Moral" Reasons
The law will apply only in "rare cases," one expert says, but nevertheless signals a shift from past legal restrictions.
Podcast
The Relationship Between Art and Law Since the 1960s
Joan Kee is the rare combination of art historian and lawyer, and she's shared her special skills in her new book, Models of Integrity: Art and Law in Post-Sixties America.
Art
How the GOP’s Tax Reform Could Hurt Art Institutions
Museums, nonprofits, private collections, and other art institutions may be significantly affected if the proposed plan succeeds in eliminating the estate tax.
Art
How Art and Law Can Work Together Beyond the Marketplace
On the one hand, the role of the art lawyer has been to lubricate the wheels of commerce. But this approach runs the risk of missing the most illuminating contributions to art law itself.
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US House of Representatives Passes Controversial Art Protection Bill
On Tuesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would ensure that authorities cannot seize works of art brought into the United States for temporary display in cultural institutions — even if they're determined to have been stolen.
Art
The Art of Art Lawsuits
What has really riveted the attention of the art world in the last few seasons is the law.
News
NY Court Ruling Allows Auction Sellers to Remain Anonymous
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled in the case of Jenack v. Rabidazeh, reversing a lower court's decision and allowing sellers of objects at auction to remain anonymous.
News
5 Pointz Supporters Rally Against Impending Demolition
The future of 5 Pointz might now be measured in weeks. A federal court in Brooklyn ruled Tuesday against an injunction that would have stopped the demolition of the graffiti and street art center in Long Island City.
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Reverend Billy and His Choir Director Face Year in Prison for Bank Performance
For a performance in a Manhattan JP Morgan Chase bank, where they made an environmental statement dressed as extinct amphibians, Reverend Billy and the music director of his Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, Neremiah Luckett, are facing a year in prison and $30,000 bail.
Opinion
Toledo Museum Justifiably Touchy About NY Times Holocaust Restitution Claim
The Toledo Museum of Art is unhappy with its representation in a Times piece about the increasing failure of American museums to restitute Nazi-looted art.