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# The Artist as Lawyer, an Interview with Sergio Sarmiento about Art Law
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-artist-as-lawyer-an-interview-with-sergio-sarmiento-about-art-law/
- Published: 2018-10-25T21:53:20.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:24:29.000Z
- Description: Sergio Sarmiento went to law school as an art project, but now he is an authority on the burgeoning field of art law. We talk copyright, contracts, Richard Prince, Sam Durant, Banksy, and a lot of other things.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Podcast, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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The world of art has become more complicated as copyright, appropriation, and other issues force artists, dealers, collectors, and others to turn to lawyers for help. As foibles around the sale and maintenance of luxury art objects grab media headlines, you might be fooled into believing the future of art is in litigation.

I invited [Sergio Sarmiento](https://hyperallergic.com/author/sergio-sarmiento/) to join me to talk about the evolving world of art law and discuss why he went to law school as an art project, what he thinks about some recent sensational cases (Richard Prince/Instagram, Sam Durant at the Walker Art Center, and the recent Banksy auction stunt) and his thoughts on how appropriation has changed from the 1970s.

You can also follow Sergio on Twitter at [@ArtLawOffice](https://twitter.com/ArtLawOffice?ref=hyperallergic.com).

A special thanks to Brooklyn-based musician [SunSon](http://sunson.band/?ref=hyperallergic.com) for providing the music to this episode, and you can check out his website [sunson.band](http://sunson.band/?ref=hyperallergic.com). You can also follow him on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/SunsonPDX) or [Instagram](http://instagram.com/sunson%5Fpdx?ref=hyperallergic.com).

This and more in the [current episode](https://simplecast.com/s/76a4ac40?ref=hyperallergic.com) of our weekly [Art Movements](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/art-movements-podcast/) podcast.

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