Art and Artifice
A weblog dedicated to everything concerning art and the law
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Exotic Dance isn't Art: It's Official.
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Last month, New York strip club Nite Moves argued in court that it should be exempt from paying taxes. As reported in Art and Artifice , th...
Saturday, 27 October 2012
3D Printed Art
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With only a few colours to choose from many simply opted for white Last Sunday, I went to 3D Print Show . In case the name doesn’t say ...
Protect your art via a new small claims procedure in England and Wales
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Will one of these RCA secret artists benefit from the new procedure? On 1 October 2012, a new procedure was introduced for most intelle...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Hands off the paintings: France's short lived art tax
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France's art world has been in uproar this week over a proposal that art works should be subject to a wealth tax. Currently, only ass...
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Apple sued for infringing copyright in photograph
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A swiss photographer, Sabine Liewald, has sued Apple for copyright infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Hong Kong's art market boom as China slows?
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At the beginning of October, leading Chinese auctioneer China Guardian held its debut auction in Hong Kong, having been lured by Hong Kong...
Monday, 15 October 2012
US Court of Appeal rejects Nazi theft claims
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The US Court of Appeals for Second Circuit last week affirmed in its entirety the judgment of the District Court in relation to an ownership...
Monday, 1 October 2012
US considers the Artist's Resale Right
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The US Copyright Office has published a Federal Register notice of inquiry requesting comments on the resale royalty right. The summary o...
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Ai Weiwei loses appeal over tax evasion
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Poster of 2012 Alyson Klayman's documentary "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" As we reported in several posts here and again he...
Sunday, 16 September 2012
New Trend in the Art World: Disbanding of Authentication Committees?
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"Untitled", Keith Haring, 1984 A trend in the art field seems the end of many authentication committees: several art-authenti...
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