On the verge of becoming an international institution, the recent Hong Kong International Art Fair, known as “ART HK,” represents an exciting development in the state of the art world in China. This growth has critical, yet profoundly inspiring, implications
Art Law Blog
News & Updates on Legal Issues Facing the Art World
The Art Law Blog, published by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, focuses on legal issues at the intersection of art and law. It covers topics such as art-backed lending and the use of fine art as collateral in financial transactions, legal challenges related to art authenticity and due diligence in the art market, copyright considerations involving AI-generated art, and international perspectives on intellectual property rights for creative works. The blog also addresses litigation trends involving art forgery, the evolving legal standards for human authorship in AI-created content, and the implications of differing copyright laws across jurisdictions. It serves as a resource on the complex legal landscape affecting collectors, artists, galleries, and financial institutions engaged with art assets.
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Art Lawyer Christine Steiner Joins the Practice
Christine Steiner joins us from her private practice, having previously served as secretary and general counsel of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the assistant general counsel of the Smithsonian Institution.
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The “Starving” Intern: Legal Ins & Outs of Unpaid Internships
Everyone remembers the first day of their highly touted unpaid internship—nerves twitching, heart racing, palms sweating, eager to perform any mundane task with the utmost perfection to impress a new supervisor. For many, especially in art, fashion, and entertainment, these internships…
Join us for The Business of Art: A Forecast for 2011 – Tuesday, March 8, 2011
In the age of skyrocketing auction prices, the explosion of global art fairs, and increased digitization from iPad masterpieces to the Google Art Project, how are artists, galleries, and cultural institutions around the world adapting to recent trends? Gain insights…
Extreme Makeover: Arts Edition
The notion that the arts make our culture “richer” is commonplace in our vernacular, but an undeniable trend has emerged giving an entirely new meaning to the phrase: across the board, the country’s nonprofit arts and culture industry has grown…
“Over the River” and into the Legal Fray: Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Often critics comment on the technique, the style, the grandeur of a work of art, and the dramatic and arduous so-called “artistic process”. Rarely, do we study or observe how art is shaped by legal and environmental restrictions, community resistance, and…
The Art Of Taxes: Major Changes To The Federal Transfer Tax System
Ars longs, vita brevis. Art is immortal, artists are mortal. Taxes impinge on every part of the art world and are a concern for both artists and collectors. Planning for and administering estates of artists and owners of art collections raises unique business management,…
“I-Arts” Viva La Revolución Digital
Whether iPhone, blackberry, or droid, the smartphone has become the modern day Swiss Army knife. Now, with the help of these ubiquitous gadgets, artists, collectors and institutions are modernizing the ways in which to interact with art. With a swipe of a…
We Are Living in an Immaterial World
The Museum of Modern’s Art (MoMA) recently announced its ‘acquisition’ of the typographic ‘@’ symbol. This unprecedented move marks a significant step into the unexplored realm of ‘acquiring’ non-physical objects.
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Some Artists Paint Buildings
Like it or not, “street art” is becoming a mainstream phenomenon in America. Due in part to the high profile of artists like Shepard Fairey and Banksy, and the pioneering philosophy of museum directors like MoCA’s Jeffrey Deitch—who has planned a…