Center for Art Law

March 22, 2014, from NYT March 27, 2016, released by Syrian Arab News Agency By Jacqueline Koutrodimos-Lewis The process of documenting and preserving cultural heritage in digital models takes on added pressure and implication during times of political conflict or humanitarian crises. Choosing which heritage artifacts to digitize and how to allocate resources involves practic...

By Center for Art Law Team Maybe it’s you?  This story does not begin with: “It was the kind of Saturday morning that makes Zurich weather bearable in early spring, and my morning stroll took me to an unexpected place, a flea.” This is a story about finding artifacts in a thrift store, in Brooklyn […]

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By Halle O’Hern In January 2026, the Metropolitan Opera announced it may sell its two Marc Chagall murals, The Sources of Music and The Triumphs of Music.[1] The paintings are located in the Grand Tier of the opera house facing the plaza.[2] The giant thirty-six by thirty feet paintings were commissioned for the Metropolitan Opera […]

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Edouard Vuillard, Fleurs en Pot, 1906 By Alexandra Kharchenko In November 2025, the Cour de Cassation (France’s supreme court for judicial matters) rendered a positive decision, particularly regarding the restitution of artworks sold during the period of the French Occupation, making restitution easier for families who were victims of spoliation, even when the artworks are […...

By Lauren Stein Introduction For decades, public funding for the arts has been hotly contested.[1] The National Endowments for the Arts (NEA), established in 1965 has frequently been at the center of discussions concerning the scope of federal support for arts and culture. Critics of federal arts funding contend that government involvement may implicate First […]

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