Longtime readers of the Art Law Report will know of the remarkable success over the last several years of the Responsible Art Market Initiative in Geneva. RAM began initially in connection with a collaboration by the Art Law Centre at the University of Geneva and the Art Law Foundation (Fondation pour le droit de d’art), also in Geneva. RAM has held annual events in Geneva at artgeneve for several years. Indeed, the RAM event this past January was one of the last times I was able to visit Europe before the world shut down.
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Topics:
sanctions,
Pryor Cashman LLP,
Pippa Loengard,
Irina Tarsis,
Sullivan & Worcester LLP,
Suzanne Gyorgy,
Megan Noh,
Center for Art Law,
RAM,
Responsible Art Market initiative,
Money laundering,
CitiBank,
Birgit Kurtz,
Nanne Dekking,
Artory,
Lockton Companies,
Andrew Schoelkopf,
Elaine Wood,
Charles River Associates,
Jill Arnold Bull
A recent injunction ruling that prohibited the destruction of the “Bicentennial Freedom Mural” in Corona, California had occasion to consider the rights asserted by the plaintiffs and artists under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA), 17 U.S.C. § 106A. The order ultimately granted the injunction but on different grounds, holding that the plaintiffs were unlikely to prevail on their VARA claim.
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Topics:
work of recognized stature,
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles,
555 U.S. 7,
Moral Rights,
United States Army Corps of Engineers,
Cal. Civ. Code §§ 987 and 989,
Inc.,
Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990,
California,
Santa Ana River Mainstem Project,
Pippa Loengard,
54 U.S.C. § 306108,
VARA,
Kernochan Center for Law Media and the Arts,
Corona,
Ronald Kammeyer,
Columbia Law School,
Phillips v. Pembroke Real Estate,
Copyright,
Prado Dam,
NHPA,
Administrative Procedure Act,
National Historic Preservation Act,
17 U.S.C. § 106A(a)(3)(A)-(B),
459 F.3d 128,
5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706,
Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council,
SARM
A last reminder that on Monday, there will be a panel discusion at Columbia Law School entited "Selling the Museum's Collection: Is Deaccessioning Ever Appropriate?" From the event description:
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Topics:
Donn Zaretsky,
Roberta Smith,
Deaccession,
Pollock-Krasner Foundation,
Cornell University,
Graham W. J. Beal,
Richard Levin,
Frank Robinson,
Pippa Loengard,
the Art Law Report,
Events,
Selling the Museum's Collection: Is Deaccessioning,
Williams College Museum of Art,
Nicholas O'Donnell,
Rhode Island School of Design,
New York Times,
Detroit Bankruptcy,
Samuel Sachs II,
Detroit Institute of Art
A reminder that two weeks from Monday, I will join a panel discusion at Columbia Law School entited "Selling the Museum's Collection: Is Deaccessioning Ever Appropriate?" From the event description:
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Topics:
Donn Zaretsky,
Roberta Smith,
Deaccession,
Pippa Loengard,
Detroit Institute of Arts,
the Art Law Report,
Events,
Columbia Law School,
Nicholas O'Donnell,
New York Times
