Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Barnes News

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The hearing in the Barnes case yesterday seems like it was a non-event:  the Judge set a briefing schedule; the Barnes and the Attorney Gene...

"We thought it fell under fair use."

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Forbes.com reports that, in order to distinguish synthetic DNA from its natural counterpart in an experiment they were doing, geneticist J....

"I thought I better recover the photograph before he goes underground, destroys it, or tries to sell it to someone who is not going to return it."

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An important Czech photo, stolen from a Prague museum earlier this month, is found .
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Barnes Update (UPDATED 2X)

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The Philadelphia Inquirer's Stephan Salisbury reports that the Barnes Foundation and the Pennsylvania Attorney General have filed their...

"The case illustrates the financial risks of the art market and highlights the difficulty of valuing an artist's work."

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The Wall Street Journal's Robert Frank has more on Norman Waitt's lawsuit against Gerald Peters Gallery.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

We Demand That You Not Close the Museum You Are Not Closing (a continuing series) (UPDATED)

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Brandeis is renovating the Rose. Judith Dobrzynski has the story . UPDATE: The Boston Globe has more : "major renovations" to p...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Big Fair Use News: Patrick Cariou Prevails in his Copyright Lawsuit Against Richard Prince (UPDATED 3X)

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Rob Haggart has the details. The decision is here . Background, including predictions of an easy win for Prince (in response to which someo...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

"Things might not have come to this point if anyone had looked at the Met's website . . ."

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" . . . which still lists the painting as 'Partial and Promised Gift of Jan Cowles and Charles Cowles' ." Georgina Adam ha...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Tell me again about the public trust (a continuing series)

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Carol Vogel has an update on the Renoir that the Clark is holding in the public trust, to be accessible to present and future generations ...

The AG on NYPMIFA

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A summary , from Simpson Thacher.

"In the wake of a legal settlement announced this week, in which Norsigian agreed not to use the Adams name in selling his pictures . . ."

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". . . the price has tumbled to $800 for gelatin silver and $600 for digital, sold in limited editions of 100 each ." Before the ...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

"A report in today's BNA Daily Tax report is sending shivers down the spines of tax-exempt organizations." (UPDATED)

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The Nonprofit Law Prof Blog explains why. UPDATE: Michael Rushton comments.

"There's a whole constituency in the art world that acts like hall monitors, policing the manners of everyone." (UPDATED)

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That's Peter Schjeldahl, quoted in Judith Dobrzynski's follow-up to her New York Times article today on the growing prevalence of ...

"Berry-Hill stacks up lawsuits"

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The Art Newspaper 's Martha Lufkin reports .

"The Trust had five legs welded to the bottom of 'Lagoon,' a matter on which the artist was never consulted."

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Anthony Caro disowns a work altered by its owner.

"Museums exist to educate the public and delight them; it makes sense to feature these collections if you can."

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Museums around the country are embracing single-collector exhibitions.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

"This settlement marks the final resolution of the disputes over our rights in the AP’s photograph of Barack Obama."

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It's finally over .

More on the Adams Settlement

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The New York Times has a story this morning on the Ansel Adams settlement . The gist of it is that "it is not exactly clear just what...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

"First came jail and a whopping fine."

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" Now, [LA] City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is seeking a one-of-a-kind court injunction to bar Gheorghiu from profiting from art bearing h...

Adams Settlement

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The Ansel Adams lawsuit has settled : "Under said agreement, Rick Norsigian and PRS Media agree to not use Ansel Adams' name or li...