Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Swiss museum decides to accept Gurlitt's collection

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The trustees of the Kunstmuseum Bern announced yesterday that the museum has decided to accept the bequest of Cornelius Gurlitt's art c...
Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Orphaned and abducted cultural fragments: a forthcoming seminar

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Here's some information concerning a fascinating event which is coming up early next month, and which Art & Artifice blogger Liz Eme...
Monday, 17 November 2014

New Bill Proposed to Amend U.S. Copyright Act to Protect Inheritance Rights of Same-Sex Spouses

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On November 12, 2014 Senator Patrick Leahy proposed Bill 2919 which would amend the Copyright Act to insure that all married couples are...
Tuesday, 28 October 2014

A tale of two Schieles

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We have quite regularly discussed different cases of art stolen from Jewish families by the Germans during World War II on this blog. The on...
Monday, 27 October 2014

Cardsharps in court -- but are they Caravaggio's?

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J ane Peel, on the BBC website, reports on litigation over a professional negligence claim hinging on the attribution of the painting il...
Saturday, 25 October 2014

Surprise: Art can be a business for tax purposes

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In the recent US case Crile v Commissioner , the IRS sought to show that the forty-year career of a well-known artist, some of whose works ...
Monday, 13 October 2014

At Geek Girl Con: An Exploration of Fan Fiction and the Law

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This weekend I had the pleasure of participating in a panel presented by Washington Lawyers for the Arts at Geek Girl Con  in Seattle....
Friday, 10 October 2014

Met rescues an Egyptian treasure from auction

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New York's Metropolitan Museum has acquired the nearly 4,000 year old Egyptian "Treasure of Haregeh" from Bonhams after it was...
Thursday, 2 October 2014

Keep off our worms? No, keep off our walls ...

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The United Kingdom, like any modern multiracial and multicultural society, takes great pains to protect minorities from the hostility and pr...
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Wednesday, 1 October 2014

The quantification of estate taxes: even more obscure than the valuation of art?

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A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has been lauded as a victory for art collectors. More accurat...