ArtLaw Links
The following list of links and bibliography was compiled by Amy Sapan and further developed by Lauren van Haaften-Schick. It consists of over 145 ArtLaw related links organized in 3 sections:
● Organizations, Groups, Art Sources, Blogs, Etc.
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1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict [The Hague Convention]. For more information click here.
1954 European Cultural Convention. For more information click here.
1969 European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage. For more information click here.
1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.For more information click here.
1971 Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms. For more information click here.
1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. For more information click here.
1976 Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological, Historical and Artistic Heritage of the American Nations.For more information click here.
1977 California Resale Royalties Act. For more information click here.
1985 Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe. For more information click here.
1985 European Convention on Offenses Relating to Cultural Property. For more information click here.
1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). For more information click here.
1992 European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised). For more information click here.
1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects. For more information click here.
French Intellectual Property Code (semi-official translation). For more information click here.
Organizations, Groups, Art Sources, Blogs, Etc.
AAAAArg.org is an extensive resource for critical texts on art and culture, with all content added by users. Registration is required. For more information click here.
AFRICOM: International Council of African Museums (Nairobi) is an international non-governmental organization that produces an annual publication, maintains an extensive computerized database comprised of African museums and museum professionals, and facilitates long-term partnerships among organizations in the museum and heritage sector.For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Americans for the Arts (Washington D.C. & New York; founded 1996) is a policy-oriented nonprofit organization which aims to advance the arts in the United States by engaging in grassroots advocacy work and lobbying efforts in order to generate more public and private-sector resources for the arts and arts education. It hosts seminars, conventions and an annual Arts Advocacy Day during which advocates convene in Washington DC and try to increase federal support for the arts, humanities and arts education. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
American Association of Museums (Washington D.C.; founded 1906) is a non-profit organization that represents every type of American museum (science, art, military, etc.), as well as museum professionals and unpaid museum staff. It contributes to the development of standards and best practices, encourages the gathering and sharing of knowledge among its members and advocates on issues that matter to the museum and heritage sector. For more information click here. To send an email
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American Bar Association, Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee (US) is a forum for arts-minded American lawyers, this committee hosts events about timely topics in international art law. Also publishes articles and a newsletter. Its website contains dozens of links to NGOs, Foundations, Research Centers, Government Sites, Professional Organizations, Databases, News & Search Engines related to art and cultural property law. For more information click here.
Archaeology (New York; founded 1948) is a bimonthly magazine about archaeology published by the Archaeological Institute of America that provides coverage of archaeological matters, including timely and relevant legal issues. Its website provides free access to feature articles, interviews, reviews, videos, and links to events and conferences, including older content, abstracts, news and reviews from print issues dating back to 1996. For more information click here. To send an email
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The Artist’s Pension Trust (APT) (New York; founded 2004) is an investment program for artists. APT's long-term financial planning services allow artists from around the world to invest their artworks in a trust along with other artists, thereby providing an alternative income stream. For more information click here. To send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Arts Advoc Project (New York; founded 2000), established by the National Coalition Against Censorship, is “the only national project dedicated to working directly with individual artists and curators involved in censorship disputes. Its main goal is to protect artists' rights to participate in the democratic dialogue by defending puwblic access to their work and supporting their ability to freely express views that might be unpopular or controversial.” Its resources list contains links to databases and archives of censorship cases, as well as forums about artistic freedom. For more information click here. To send an email
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Art Daily (Mexico City; founded 1996), the first online art newspaper, provides up-to-date news articles from the art world, as well as an alphabetically-organized assortment of links to museums, galleries, photographers and artists. Delivers a newsletter to subscribers and has search engines that allow visitors to freely access a large database of art-related information. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Provenance Research Project (Chicago; founded 1997) is an effort by the Art Institute to ascertain the provenance for paintings and sculptures in its collection during the Nazi era (1933-1945), carried out in accord with AAM and AAMD guidelines. To date, the Art Institute has published a listing of more than 500 works on its website which curators have identified as having gaps in their chain of ownership from 1933 to 1945, or that have no gaps in their provenance record but that changed hands in continental Europe during those years. For more information click here. To send an email
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Art Museum Partnership (New York) is a nonprofit volunteer organization that identifies and provides “educational opportunities that facilitate the sharing of information, resources and collections among nonprofit art museums and galleries.” Its website contains an up-to-date section of art news and provides links to organizations that operate in the museum sector as well as codes, guidelines and articles. For more information click here. To send an email
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The Art Newspaper (London; founded 1983) is a monthly newspaper about the visual arts that caters to the arts professional, providing coverage about museums, the market, books, conservation and opinion. It has three “sister” papers based in Turin, Athens and Paris. For more information click here.
Art + Law (Sydney, Australia) is a quarterly newsletter published by the Arts Law Centre of Australia. For more information click here. To send an email
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The Artful Manager: Andrew Taylor on the Business of Arts & Culture (Madison, Wisconsin; founded 2003) is a frequently updated blog concerned with arts administration and the business aspects of the art world. For more information click here.
Art & Droit (Lyon, France; founded 1996) is an association that seeks to connect legal experts and arts professionals via seminars, conferences, studies, and publications. In addition to its own research and training operations, it publishes a newsletter, and also provides support for students, teachers, and researchers in these fields, and with the University Jean Moulin Lyon 3, it has established a fund specializing in documentary art law. For more information click here. To send an email
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Art Law (London), which is connected to ArtQuest, provides free access to over 300 law-related articles written by Henry Lydiate for the review Art Monthly since 1976. The articles are organized by topic, including artists' resale right, copyright, contracts, public policies and commissions, and artist's rights after death. London-based artists and craftspeople can also use Artquest’s website to obtain answers to their legal questions, either by sending their legal query or by referring to a list of FAQs. For more information click here. To send an email
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Art-Law Centre (Geneva; founded 1991) is an organization that gathers and disseminates research on the most current questions of art law by bringing together people from the art world and the legal world. Apart from publication and research, the Centre hosts symposia and seminars and has created a specialized art law library. For more information click here. To send an email
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Arts Law Centre of Australia Online (Sydney; founded 1983) is a not-for-profit company that serves as Australia’s national community legal center for the arts. It provides advisory, referral, professional development and advocacy services to artists and arts organizations, as well as enhanced legal services for the indigenous arts community. Additionally, it publishes a quarterly newsletter, Art + Law, conducts research and continually undertakes policy reform initiatives. For more information click here. To send an email
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Art Loss Register (London; founded 1991) is a private, computerized international database of lost and stolen art, antiques and collectibles. It is the independent corporate offshoot of the New York-based, non-profit International Foundation for Art Research. By encouraging the registration of valuable possessions, expanding checking searches and operating a due diligence service, the ALR’s services help deters art theft and contribute to the recovery of art works to their rightful owners. For more information click here. To send an email
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Art & Museum Law Journal (Michigan; founded 2004) is published by the Thomas M. Cooley Law School and the Michigan Museums Association. For more information click here.
Art Quest (London) provides critical engagement and practical support to London’s visual artists and craftspeople. Its website contains over 800 pages of advice and information for artists regarding funding, residencies, courses, agents, etc. It is connected to ArtRoute, which provides information about working in France, and ArtLaw, which offers legal resources and advice to London-based artists. It also runs a residency and support program. Artelier, an online project that will be launched soon, will serve as a networking tool for artists. For more information click here. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Art Scams is a “resource created to help artists avoid falling victim to the many scams that proliferate the art market and the Internet.” Its website provides links to resources containing advice for artists as well as links to organizations and government agencies that are dedicated to protecting artists from fraud, scams and ripoffs. For more information click here.
Art Theft Central: Art Crime News and Insights by Mark Durney (founded 2008) is a frequently updated blog about art crime that features links to other cultural blogs, resources, and news articles. For more information click here. To send an email
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Arts Journal (founded 1999) serves daily arts news on arts, culture and ideas with links to stories from more than 200 English-language newspapers, magazines and publications. Arts Journal also hosts and features its own blogs about everything from arts education to not-for-profit arts to art from the American Outback. For more information click here. To send an email
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Artist Trust: Supporting Art at its Source (Seattle, Washington; founded 1987) is a non-profit organization that supports Washington State-based artists through grants, professional resources and career training. It also publishes newsletters throughout the year. For more information click here. To send an email
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The Artists’ Authorship Rights Act, New York Arts and Cultural Affairs Law (1984). For more information click here.
Artists Rights Society of New York (New York; founded 1987) is a copyright, licensing and monitoring membership-based organization for visual artists in the United States. ARS represents American artists as well as foreign artists who are members of affiliated arts organizations. ARS is a member of CISAC, the Paris-based organization that oversees international copyright collecting societies in all media. Its website features links to copyright-related sites and organizations. For more information click here. To send an email
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ArtDatabase / e-easel is a free, open source database for artists and small art businesses. Contains tools for managing an image database, exhibition history, funding opportunities and sales records. For more information click here.
Ask Art (founded 1983) is an online database containing information on more than 200,000 American artists and also international artists’ auction records. The website features biographies, bodies of work, valuation and appraisal techniques, as well as publications. For more information click here. To send an email
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Association of Art Museum Directors (New York & Washington D.C.; founded 1916) is an organization of art museums in the United States, Canada and Mexico that creates highly influential policies and guidelines in the museum sector. AAMD’s publications prescribe professional practices for art museums with respect to the sale of artworks, acquisition policies, etc. Its website features the Museum Code of Ethics, Statement of values and position papers on many art law topics. For more information click here.
Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works (AGICOA) (Geneva; founded 1980s) is a non-profit organization that represents worldwide audiovisual rightsholders in the area of cable TV and other retransmission means. It collects and distributes royalties to its members and functions as an Alliance of 14 organizations. For more information click here. To send an email
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Association for Research into Crimes Against Art (ARCA) (Rome) is an interdisciplinary think tank and research group dedicated to current issues in art crime and protection of cultural property. ARCA conducts studies, operates educational programs and often consults with police, governments, museums and other public institutions on various art protection and recovery issues. It sponsors the world’s first and only Master’s program in Art Crime studies, publishes the Journal of Art Crime, and hosts an annual conference on art crime. Its website also features many links to organizations, publications and blogs. For more information click here. To send an email
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Art Work (2008) is a free online and print newspaper that explores "the topic of working within depressed economies and how that impacts artistic process, compensation and artistic property." Initiated by artist collective Temporary Services, the paper contains contributions from artists, activists, writers, critics, and others. For more information click here.
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (first accepted in Berne, Switzerland in 1886).For more information click here.
Bryan Cave LLP’s Art Law Blog (founded 2006) features articles written by the firm’s art law team, 40 lawyers based in major US cities and London. The blog provides coverage of contemporary art law issues, from joint works to fair use to litigation issues. It features links to artists and legal resources for artists. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Buenos A Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (August 1994). For more information click here.
BIEM - Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits D'Enregistrement et les Reproduction Mecanique (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; founded 1929) is an organization that coordinates statutory license agreements among different countries, representing 44 mechanical rights societies, from 42 countries. For more information click here. To send an email
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The California Art Preservation Act (CAPA) (1979). For more information click here.
California Alliance for Arts Education Advocacy (Pasadena, California; founded 1970s) is an organization dedicated to protecting and bolstering visual and performing arts education for every California student through legislative change. It represents educators, administrators, policymakers, arts and community organizations and individuals who care about bringing arts education to all California students. For more information click here. To send an email
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California Arts Advocates (San Francisco) is a policy-oriented organization that works to “develop strategies and coordinate advocacy that strengthen[s] arts and culture in California.” It represents artists, arts organizations and Californians who support the Arts. It publishes newsletters, broadcasts legislative updates, hosts workshops and also partakes in grassroots-based advocacy. For more information click here. To send an email
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California Lawyers for the Arts (California; founded 1974) offers artists lawyer referral services, events and workshops, alternative dispute resolution services, and plays an active role in community development by bringing together California’s legal and artistic communities. Its website provides links to other arts advocacy organizations as well as self-help legal resources. For more information click here. To send an email
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Canada Council on the Arts (Ottawa, Ontario; founded 1957) acts as an arts council of the Canadian government, dedicated to promoting the study, enjoyment of, and production of art. Its principal duties include grant-giving to Canadian artists, as well as funding and administration many of the country’s top art awards, the country’s “Art Bank” as well as the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. Its website also provides links to Canadian and international resources and organizations. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) (Canada; founded 1968) is a membership organization with offices for every region. Initiatives include ensuring artists’ receipt of exhibition fees, advocacy for artists’ resale rights, and tax reform for artists. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Canadian Association for Conservation (CAC-ACCR) works to promote responsible preservation of Canada’s cultural property and heritage and is dedicated to serving “the needs of professional conservation practitioners and individual and institutional collectors through information dissemination, professional development and networking.” Its website provides links to North American organizations and resources. For more information click here. To send an email
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Cardozo Art Law Society (NY; founded 2008) is a student-run organization that aims to bring together arts-interested law students and practitioners in the NYC area. It hosts conferences and meetings that provide its members with an opportunity to learn more about cutting edge art law topics and connect with the arts law community. For more information click here. To send an email
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Cardozo Art Law Society Blog (founded 2009) provides coverage of US and international art law litigation and legislation as well as other art law topics through short posts and links to full articles. For more information click here.
Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal (New York; founded 1982) is a student-run law journal dedicated to art and entertainment law. Issues are published three times a year, and include countless articles on cutting-edge legal issues concerning intellectual property, First Amendment, sports, media, art, and cyberlaw. For more information click here. To send an email
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Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP (New York; founded 1854) is a general practice law firm with an art law practice that advises clients in the buying and selling of art and handles disputes over authenticity, ownership and value of works of fine art. The art law group also provides tax, gift and estate planning advice to art collectors, artists and others. For more information click here.
The Center for Arts Education (CAE) (New York; founded 1996) is a non-profit organization committed to restoring and sustaining arts education in New York City public schools after decades of funding cuts for K-12 arts programs. CAE is dedicated to improving the quality of programs and amount of resources available for arts education. It is connected to the Annenberg Foundation and many other cultural institutions. For more information click here. To send an email
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CISAC – International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (Paris; founded 1926) is a non-profit performance rights organization, which promotes and coordinates the protection of its member-creator’s rights. Its website provides links to CISAC press releases, position papers, news articles, events and other organizations. For more information click here.
Claims Conference & World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) – The Looted Jewish Art and Cultural Property Initiative (established circa 1998) works “toward the restitution of Jewish-owned art and cultural property lost and plundered during the Holocaust” through conferences and declarations that highlight the “systemic issues involved in art restitution with the intent of improving and creating processes to enable more owners and heirs to recover their property.” For more information click here. To send an email
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Clancco / Art and Law: News, Events, Analysis (New York City) is a website that seeks to “explore, investigate, and examine the relationship between art and law.” Founded by an artist-cum-lawyer, Clancco features articles, interviews, lectures and symposiums about intellectual property, nonprofit organizations, free speech and contemporary art. For more information click here. To send an email
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College Art Association of America (New York City; founded 1911) is a professional association in the United States for practitioners and scholars of art, art history and art criticism. It publishes several academic journals, including The Art Bulletin and Art Journal, as well as caa.reviews, an online publication that features peer reviews of new books and exhibitions related to art, art history and architecture. It hosts an annual conference and is connected to many affiliated societies and networks. For more information click here. To send an email
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Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts (New York; founded 1975) is a quarterly, student-edited journal that runs articles about recent legal issues and developments involving the art, entertainment, sports, intellectual property and communications industries. For more information click here. To send an email
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Columbia Law School, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts (New York City) seeks to “contribute to a broader understanding of the legal aspects of creative works of authorship, including their dissemination and use” through coursework at Columbia Law School, as well as symposia, projects, its newsletter and connections to other similarly oriented organizations. For more information click here. To send an email
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Commission for Looted Art in Europe (London; founded 1999) is an “international, expert and non-profit, representative body which researches, identifies and recovers looted property on behalf of families, communities, institutions and governments worldwide. It negotiates policies and procedures with governments and cultural institutions and promotes the identification of looted cultural property and the tracing of its rightful owners.” CLAE has also undertaken multiple research initiatives. Its website features some of the Commission’s cases, news stories, press releases, as well as links to non-profit claimant organizations, institutions and research resources. For more information click here. To send an email
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Compendium: Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe (European Union; founded 1998) is a web-based reference work and monitoring system of European national cultural policies. It is regularly updated and a new edition of the website is published annually. Its website also features links to Compendium’s national experts, partners and sponsors. For more information click here. To send an email
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Copyright Clearance Center (Danvers, Massachusetts; founded 1978) is a non-profit organization that acts as a global broker to provide collective copyright licensing services for creators and users of copyrighted materials. Its website has links to educational resources as well as copyright organizations. For more information click here. To send an email
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Copyright Litigation Blog (New York City; founded 2006) features news and opinion about cases, legislation, organizations and controversies related to copyright, but also architecture, art theft, moral rights, the DMCA, and more. For more information click here.
Council for British Archaeology (York, England; founded 1944) is an educational charity that works throughout the United Kingdom to “involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present and future generations.” It promotes research, conservation and educational efforts and its website provides access to articles, press releases and other resources related to the illicit trade in antiquities. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society. For more information click here.
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP (New York; founded 1980s) is a NYC law firm that represents and counsels clients in the fields of art, copyright, trademark, and entertainment law. The art law practice provides services related to the sale, purchase, consignment and licensing of works of art and collections. For more information click here. To send an email
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Creative Commons (San Francisco; founded 2001) is a non-profit organization that works to protect and increase the amount of creative works kept in public domain so that works remain available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing. Creative Commons licenses let creators modify the default copyright term of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved” or “no rights reserved.” The website also serves as a portal for ongoing development initiatives and contains an archive of monthly newsletters Creative Commons publishes. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
The Cultural Property and Archaeology Law Blog (Wisconsin) features posts, links and articles about cultural property and archaeology law. It features links to other blogs, books and resources. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Culture Grrl (New York; founded 2006) is a blog written by Lee Rosenbaum, a cultural journalist that features posts about stories and news updates from the art world. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Culture in Peril (New York; founded 2010) is a blog dedicated to “the discussion, interpretation, and analysis of ongoing cultural heritage issues.” For more information click here.
Culture Without Context (1997-2006) was a biannual newsletter published by the Illicit Antiquities Research Centre (IARC), containing features, opinions, articles and news. The website contains an archive of back issues. For more information click here.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (London; founded 1997) is a department of the United Kingdom government with policy responsibility over public bodies and statutory corporations in the areas of culture, media and sport. It sponsors broadcasting agencies and has other responsibilities involving historic buildings, ancient monuments and export licensing of cultural goods and management of the government. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Design and Artists Copyright Society (London; founded 1984) is a non-profit rights management organization created by artists for artists. This membership-based organization represents tens of thousands of visual artists and lobbies and distributes royalties on artists’ behalf. DACS operates a collective licensing scheme, administers the Artist’s Resale Right on behalf of UK-based artists and manages artists’ copyrights. Its website provides links to collecting societies, museums, galleries, libraries as well as channels for legal advice. For more information click here. To send an email
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Dewey21C: Richard Kessler on Arts Education (New York; founded 2008) is a blog dedicated to arts education, written by Richard Kessler, the executive director of the Center for Arts Education. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Donn Zaretsky, The Art Law Blog (New York; founded 2006) is a frequently updated blog maintained by an art lawyer based in New York City. Short blurbs and ample links to other articles and blogs provide thorough up-to-date coverage of a sweeping array of United States and international art law issues, from graffiti to art theft to museum deaccessioning. For more information click here.
e-flux (New York; founded 1999) is a source for international art news highlighting exhibitions, announcements or events online and through a subscription email service. Additional projects include e-flux journal and Time/Bank. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
European Heritage Network (HEREIN) is the Council of Europe’s permanent information system that serves as a network for national European governmental departments responsible for cultural heritage conservation. It focuses on cultural heritage, particularly architectural and archaeological heritage, in the context of European conventions. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Art Theft Program (Washington D.C.) is a federal law enforcement agency dedicated to investigating and recovering stolen works of art. Its website also serves as a database of lost and stolen art, and contains news updates about recent thefts and other related issues. For more information click here.
1996 Final Communiqué of the NATO Partnership for Peace Conference on Cultural Heritage Protection in Wartime and in State of Emergency. For more information click here.
Find Stolen Art (United Kingdom) is a website that was “developed to assist police forces, across the United Kingdom, in the recovery and return of Stolen Antiques and to enable Auction Houses, Collectors and dealers to comply with the code of Due Diligence.” For more information click here. To send an email
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Fine Art Registry (Arizona; founded 2003) is a network for tracking works of art. The organization publishes free legal guides and opinion articles on copyright, art contracts, and art crime. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Fox Rothschild LLP, Art Law Blog (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a consistently and frequently updated blog about current art law issues, sponsored by this general practice law firm’s art law group. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Fractured Atlas (New York; founded 1998) offers advocacy, business and legal services to artists and small arts organizations. Services include fiscal sponsorship, low cost health insurance for artists in the US, liability insurance, online business classes for artists, and assistance to international artists applying for US visas. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Free Expression Policy Project (New York; founded 2000) serves as a comprehensive hub of resources and materials about free expression. It provides “information, research and advocacy on free speech, copyright, and media democracy issues,” examines restrictions on publicly funded expression, Internet filters, restrictive copyright laws, mass media consolidation and forms of censorship geared towards blocking adolescents and childrens’ access to controversial art and information. It is affiliated with the Brennan Center for Justice and the National Coalition Against Censorship. For more information click here and here. To send an email
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Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (Houston; founded 1919) is an international general practice law firm with an art law practice that has counseled many different clients, including museums, film producers, archivists, artists, and dealers, on a wide array of issues including authenticity, provenance, art dealer issues, valuation, condition and restoration. For more information click here. To send an email
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International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) is a virtual library for information on global labor history, with a section on Art & Culture. For additional information click here. To send an email click here.
The Museum of Modern Art, Provenance Research Project (New York; founded 1929) investigates the provenance history of works in MoMA’s collection, with a focus on acquisitions between 1932 and 1946. For additional information click here. To send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
The Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal (Washington, DC) provides a searchable registry of objects in U.S. museum collections that changed hands in Continental Europe during the Nazi era (1933-1945). For additional information click here. To send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) (New York; founded 1971) was created in conjunction the HYPERLINK "http://www.nysca.org/"New York State Council on the Arts. The organization gives grants to individual artists and writers and developing arts organizations with a mission to "empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives." It is a general resource for artists, writers, curators and arts organizations, and offers fiscal sponsorship, business and legal support. For additional information click here. To send an email click here.
NYFA Source is the most extensive national directory of awards, services, and publications for artists. Listings include arts organizations, award programs, service programs, and publications for individual artists across the US. Updated daily. For additional information click here. To send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Temporary Services (Chicago, Copenhagen; founded 1998) is an art collective whose projects concern "the intersection of art, labor, economics, and the production of social experiences." Their work includes a growing collection of critical texts and information on alternative arts spaces. For additional information click here. To send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
'the Think Tank that has yet to be named' (Philadelphia) is a collective who create readers and public projects relating to art, academia, and activism. For additional information click here. To send an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Time/Bank (founded 2010) is an international exchange network initiated by e-flux. Designed to “create a sense of worth for many of the exchanges that already take place within our field,” it is an alternative currency system through which cultural producers may earn, save and spend hours worked. There are or have been affiliated Time/Stores in Liverpool, New York, Frankfurt, Den Haag and Maastricht. For more information click here. To send an email click here.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (New York; founded 1969) is an advocacy organization offering educational and legal services to the arts community. Services include the Art Law Line, a legal hotline; the VLA Legal Clinic for VLA members; in-house appointments with VLA staff attorneys; and pro bono placements for low-income artists and nonprofit arts organizations. For additional information click here. To send an email click here.
I. UK Materials
Bently, Lionel; Brad Sherman.Intellectual Property Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 (3rd edition). For more information click here.
Copinger, Walter Arthur, et. al. On Copyright. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2009 (15th edition.). For more information click here.
Kearns, Paul. The Legal Concept of Art. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 1998. For more information click here.
McClean, Daniel and Karsten Schubert, eds. Dear Images: Art, copyright, and culture. London: Ridinghouse, 2002. For more information click here.
McClean, Daniel, ed. The Trials of Art. London: Ridinghouse, 2007. For more information click here.
Palmer, Norman, ed. Art Loans. Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 1997. For more information click here.
Palmer, Norman. The Recovery of Stolen Art: A collection of essays. London: Kluwer Law International, 1998. For more information click here.
Sterling, J.A.L., ed. World Copyright Law: Protection of authors’ works, performances, phonograms, films, video, broadcasts, and published editions in national, international and regional law. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008. For more information click here.
Stokes, Simon. Art and Copyright. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2001. For more information click here.
II. USA Materials
Carter, Mary E. Electronic Highway Robbery: An artist’s guide to copyrights in the digital era. Berkeley, California: Peachpit Press, 1996. For more information click here.
Conner, Floyd et. al. The Artist’s Friendly Legal Guide. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 1991. For more information click here.
Crawford, Tad and Susan Mellon. The Artist-Gallery Partnership: A practical guide to consigning art. New York: Allworth Press, 2008 (3rd ed). For more information click here.
Crawford, Tad. Business and Legal Forms for Authors & Self-Publishers. New York: Allworth Press, 2004 (3rd ed). For more information click here.
Crawford, Tad. Business and Legal Forms for Fine Artists. New York: Allworth Press, 2005 (3rd ed). For more information click here.
Crawford, Tad. Legal Guide for the Visual Artist. New York: Allworth Press, 1999 (4th ed.). For more information click here.
Crawford, Tad and Tony Lyons. The Writers Legal Guide: An author’s guild desk reference. New York: Allworth Press, 2002. For more information click here.
DuBoff, Leonard D. and Christy O. King. Art Law in a Nutshell. St. Paul, Minnesota: Thomson/West, 2006 (4th ed). For more information click here.
DuBoff, Leonard D. and Sally Holt Caplan. The Deskbook of Art Law. Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, 1998 (2d ed.). For more information click here.
Elias, Stephen. Trademark: Legal Care for your Business & Product Name. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2007 (8th ed.). For more information click here.
Feldman, Franklin and Stephen E. Weil, eds. Artworks: Law, policy and practice. New York City: Practicing Law Institute, 1974. For more information click here.
Fishman, Stephen. The Copyright Handbook: What every writer needs to know. Berkeley, California: Nolo, 2008 (10th ed.). For more information click here.
Gerstenblith, Patty. Art, Cultural Heritage and the Law: Cases and materials. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2004. For more information click here.
Hoffman, Barbara T. Art and Cultural Heritage: Law, policy and practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. For more information click here.
Horwitz, Tem and Timothy Patenode, eds. Law and the Arts – Art and the Law. Chicago: Lawyers for the Creative Arts, 1979. For more information click here.
Leland, Caryn R. Licensing Art & Design: A Professional’s Guide to Licensing and Royalty Agreements. New York: Allworth Press, 1995. For more information click here.
Lerner, Ralph E. and Judith Bresler. Art Law: The guide for collectors, investors, dealers and artists. New York City: Practicing Law Institute, 2005 (3rd ed.). For more information click here.
Lerner, Ralph E. Representing Artists, Collectors and Dealers. New York City: Practicing Law Institute, 1985. For more information click here.
Litwak, Mark. Contracts for the Film and Television Industry. Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 1998. For more information click here.
Merryman, John Henry. Imperialism, Art and Restitution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. For more information click here.
Merryman, John Henry, et. al. Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts. Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 2007 (5th ed.). For more information click here.
Nimmer, David. Copyright Illuminated: Refocusing the diffuse US statute. Austin: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2008. For more information click here.
Nimmer, David. Copyright: Sacred text, technology and the DMCA. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2003. For more information click here.
Nimmer, Melville B. Nimmer on Copyright: A treatise on the law of literary, musical and artistic property, and the protection of ideas, Vol. I. For more information click here.
O’Malley, Michelle. The Business of Art: Contracts and the commissioning process in renaissance Italy. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2005. For more information click here.
Rosenmeier, Morten and Stina Teilmann. Art and Law: The copyright debate. Copenhagen: DJF Publishing, 2005. For more information click here.
Russell, Elizabeth T. Art Law Conversations: A surprisingly readable guide for visual artists. Madison, Wisconsin: Ruly Press, 2005. For more information click here.
Sax, Joseph. Playing Darts with Rembrandt: Public and private rights in cultural treasures. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. For more information click here.
Wilson, Lee. The Copyright Guide: A friendly handbook to protecting and profiting from copyrights. New York: Allworth Press, 2003 (3rd ed.). For more information click here.
Wilson, Lee. The Trademark Guide: A friendly handbook to protecting and profiting from trademarks. New York: Allworth Press, 2004 (2nd ed). For more information click here.
III. International
Bator, Paul M. The International Trade in Art. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. For more information click here.
Briat, Martine and Judith A. Freedberg. Legal Aspects of International Trade in Art. Paris: ICC Publishing, 1996. For more information click here.
Hoffman, Barbara, ed. Art and Cultural Heritage: Law, policy and practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. For more information click here.