Friday, March 22, 2013

Ulrich Boser on the Gardner News (UPDATED)

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Here .  What else do you need to know?  He wrote the book . UPDATE:  Anderson Cooper will be covering the story on his show tonight .
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

"What are the museums to do, they ask, if the artist retained the copy­right, if the artist cannot be found, or if a group of heirs is arguing about who owns which copyright?"

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That's a quote from today's Supreme Court decision in the Kirtsaeng case, holding that the first-sale doctrine applies to works mad...

"Charitable Deduction Under Fire"

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Via the Nonprofit Law Prof Blog (who's keeping count).
Monday, March 18, 2013

"In a stunning twist in a case that had frustrated investigators for decades ..." (UPDATED 2X)

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" ... federal law enforcement officials said today that they had identified the people who stole $500 million worth of masterworks in a...

"Legal rules are premised on the assumption that art is a stable category, but what happens to law as that assumption becomes unsound?"

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A terrific interview at BOMBlog with my friend and law school classmate (and co-teacher ) Amy Adler.
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Tell me again about the public trust (fine rugs from the William Clark collection edition)

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The Corcoran is selling 25 fine rugs and carpets at Sotheby’s, including "one of the most iconic and important carpets ever to appear ...

"Mr. Gagosian said that he, like most dealers, frequently represented both the seller and buyer in a deal without disclosing that fact to either party."

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The New York Times has a report on the settlement of the Cowles-Gagosian lawsuit .
Sunday, March 10, 2013

"It became apparent that there was something wrong here."

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Bucking the trend of artist foundations not sticking their noses into authentication-related disputes, the Keith Haring Foundation went afte...

"More importantly, he has articulated a much-needed vision for the Corcoran that would bring it into the 21st century while still staying true to the 19th-century charge of its founder."

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The Washington Post editorial board is impressed with Wayne Reynolds's proposal for the Corcoran.
Friday, March 08, 2013

Cowles-Gagosian Settlement

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Kelly Crow breaks the news on Twitter .  Background here .
Thursday, March 07, 2013

A giant instance of the Ellis Rule

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LACMA moves to take over MOCA .
Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Wayne Reynolds's plan to save the Corcoran

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Via the Washington Post:  " Most controversially, he proposes selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art that rarely, if ever...

A word on Tacoma

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The Tacoma Art Museum deaccessioning spat seems to have been resolved .  But before moving on, it's worth a minute to note the usual hy...
Monday, March 04, 2013

CBS Sunday Morning on Art Forgery

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Via Derek Fincham .

"A very smart way to save antiquities"

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Felix Salmon explains .
Sunday, March 03, 2013

Tell me again about the public trust (significant collection of Chinese jades and textiles edition)

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This time it's the Tacoma Art Museum selling off a group of objects that, having fallen under the aegis of a museum, were held in the p...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

"As this court previously observed, the market place is the appropriate place to resolve authentication disputes"

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In another significant recent ruling, the First Department affirmed the dismissal of a failure-to-authenticate claim against the Warhol Foun...

"When an art gallery has access to information regarding a painting's authenticity, but fails to pursue the information, it cannot reasonably rely on defendant's representations or omissions regarding the painting."

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Been extra-busy with the day job (not to mention the really fun stuff ), so I've fallen a little behind on some art law news.  I see tha...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Here's a Strange Twist in the Knoedler Situation (UPDATED)

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Now someone is suing claiming the works are real "and that he lost out on millions of dollars in profits when Knoedler failed to sell t...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

"A step that draws the city ever closer to emergency oversight by a state-assigned financial manager"

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Detroit inches closer to bankruptcy . Remember that the Detroit Institute of Arts raised nearly $70 million for itself through the imposi...