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Art Law Perspectives
Insights and commentary on art law
Art Law Perspectives, published by Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, focuses on legal issues at the intersection of art and intellectual property. The blog covers topics such as copyright disputes involving artworks and photographs, fair use analysis in appropriation art, trademark and false advertising claims related to NFTs, and the legal complexities of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) in the art world. It also addresses litigation involving famous artists and art institutions, the impact of emerging technologies on art law, and regulatory developments affecting art-related entities. The blog provides analysis of court decisions and their implications for artists, collectors, galleries, and digital art platforms.
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$6.75 Million Award for 5Pointz Aerosol Artists Affirmed on Appeal and Other Headlines
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$6.75 Million Award for 5Pointz Aerosol Artists Affirmed on Appeal
Two years ago, in one of the most important decisions applying the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) since its adoption, New York’s Eastern District awarded $6.75…
UK Introduces Money Laundering Regulations to the Art Market and Other Headlines
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UK Adopts Anti−Money Laundering Regulations for Art Dealers and Auction Houses
This January, the UK ratified new legislation that introduced, largely without modification, the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive, which imposes new compliance obligations on art market participants.…
Fearless Girl Statue Caught in Further Legal Battle − This Time in Australia
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Fearless Girl Statue Caught in Further Legal Battle − This Time in Australia
The bronze “Fearless Girl” statue originally appeared in Bowling Green, a small public park in New York City, in 2017, posed in a face off…
U.S. Considers Anti−Money Laundering Bill for Antiquities Market, Following EU’s Lead and Other Headlines
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Anti−Money Laundering Compliance Bill for the Antiquities Market
The proposed legislation, officially called the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019, passed the House of Representatives on October 22 and is now being reviewed by the Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing,…
New York Museum Turns Over Possible Nazi-Looted Art to FBI and Other Art Headlines
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Suspected Nazi-Looted Painting Turned Over to FBI by New York Museum
According to the FBI, Gari Melchers’s painting Winter, which was in…
Leonardo’s Fragile Vitruvian Man Will Travel to The Louvre After All and Other Art Headlines
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Italian Appellate Court Allows Loan of Leonardo’s Fragile Vitruvian Man Sketch to Louvre
In early October, in a potential blow to the Louvre’s October 24, 2019, opening of its Leonardo da Vinci retrospective marking the 500th anniversary of his…
Golden Coffin to Be Returned to Egypt and Other Art World Headlines
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Golden Coffin on Display at the Met Is Going Back to Egypt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s golden coffin is worth nearly $4 million and originally held the remains of an influential 1st century BC priest, Nedjemankh. Recent…
A Week of Surreal Headlines: A Charging Bull Smashed by Man Wielding Banjo, A Stolen 18-Karat Gold Toilet, and a $20 Million Consignment Decided by a Game of Rock, Paper, Scissors
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Mercedes-Benz Suit Against Street Artists Allowed to Proceed
Mercedes-Benz brought a declaratory judgment action against four street artists who saw their work prominently displayed on social media as background for the automaker’s G-Class track ads. Mercedes is seeking…
Atlanta’s High Museum of Art Receives Landmark Donation of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modernist Paintings & Other Art World Headlines
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Local Patrons Donate Impressionist Collection to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta
Doris and Shouky Shaheen donated their collection of Impressionist paintings to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, constituting one of the largest donations in…