For nearly two decades, the fate of Camille Pissaro’s Rue St. Honoré, après midi, effet de pluie (Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain) (1897) (the “Painting”)[1]
Continue Reading Nazi-Looted Art: One Painting, Two Owners, and Two Laws in Conflict: Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
In 2019, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan[1] exhibited a new conceptual work, Comedian,[2] at Art Basel Miami. Comedian, which was widely reported (and frequently ridiculed) in both
Continue Reading Sometimes a Banana is Just a Banana: Morford v. Cattelan
In a May 18, 2023, decision, the U.S. Supreme Court revisited the scope of artists’ “transformative” fair use under U.S. copyright law. In Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Continue Reading SCOTUS Warhol Decision Articulates Narrow Limitation to Transformative Fair Use
Among all areas of collecting, acquiring antiquities is perhaps the most fraught. I have previously written more generally about the challenges of collecting antiquities (see general issues), looting
Continue Reading Problems of Provenance: The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet
On Jan. 1, 2021, the U.S. Senate joined the House in voting to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 (NDAA), which includes several new
Continue Reading Implications for Art Dealers in Anti-Money Laundering Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021