Art, Cultural Heritage & Law

Excerpts from publisher's book description: "Can computers create art?" "[P]resents an overview of the controversies raised by various answers to the question." "The position taken on controversial issues will depend on assumptions made about the technology, about the nature and location of consciousness, about art and creativity. Therefore, a number of hypothetical answers are outlined, related to the assumptions made."

In BLS Library's catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBC). 3 digital copies are available. Registration required for first-time use.
Excerpts from ebook's description: "[I]s a cross-border legal guide to the ever-changing maze of rules and regulations when acquiring, moving, and sharing works of art and antiquities." "[F]eatures three thematic chapters which analyse recent market trends, the development of NFTs and their reception in the art market, and the application of indirect tax. Subsequent, national chapters cover topics such as legal remedies against fakes, forgeries and counterfeits, import and export restrictions, sanctions and the rules and practices of cultural institutions and museums." "[E]xamines the legal framework governing the collection, preservation, and promotion of cultural goods of over 25 countries around the world."
Includes chapters: United States: California by Robert Darwell -- United States: Federal/New York by Daniel A. Schnapp & Vincent Nguyen -- United States: Florida by Diego R. Figueroa Rodriguez.

In BLS Library's catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBC). 3 digital copies of this recently updated guide are available. Registration required for first-time use.
Excerpt from ebook's preface: Jones desires this guide to be "an indispensable and critical source of information for artists, collectors, appraisers, auctioneers, museum professionals, educators, and anyone engaged in the art world who wishes to gain a better understanding of the intricate legal and ethical issues involved in the creation, acquisition and sale of art."

Provides a "practical guide" to art in public spaces and is available in French, German, and Italian.

This Toolkit's description states: "These Guidelines are principally aimed at professional art market intermediaries who transact or facilitate the sale of works of art. These include dealers, galleries, auction houses and art advisors. Other professionals involved in art transactions (including experts, lawyers, and other advisors) as well as collectors considering appointing an Intermediary to sell or acquire an artwork on their behalf, may also find these Guidelines helpful."

Excerpt from this Toolkit's description: "The trade in antiquities is confronted with unique challenges. These include challenges with establishing the age, origin and a complete provenance for ancient objects and with examining the legality of their export from source countries. Vigilance and responsible due diligence are pre-requisites for market participants, who can play an important role in combatting illicit transactions in cultural goods. RAM has developed a dedicated section to the antiquities trade as an appendix to the Art Transaction Due Diligence Toolkit."

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Authors are lawyers @ Baker McKenzie. Excerpt from content highlights: "[T]his work provides comprehensive guidance on what it takes for luxury and fashion companies to thrive in the 21st century and includes practical insights and guidance on: IP planning, social media, online sales alternative distribution models, general data privacy regulations, tax, transfer pricing, merger and acquisition transactions, government and supply-chain compliance, FCPA, negotiating leases for stores, resolution of disputes, employment matters, customs and trade issues in global brands, and competition and antitrust issues."

In BLS Library's catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBC). Multiple copies are available. Registration required for first-time use.
Excerpt from ebook's description: "[P]rovides an in-depth view of the legal issues facing the visual artist today and provides practical legal guidance for any visual artist involved with creative work." "Among the many new topics covered in this comprehensive guide are: copyright fair use transformative rights; recognition of the rights of temporal street art in the Five Pointz VARA case; the demise of California's Resale Royalty statute; NFTs; detailed coverage of the myriad developments in copyright (including online copyright registration procedures and use of art on the Internet); changes in laws protecting artists in artist-gallery relationships are explained in depth; scope of First Amendment protections for graffiti art and the sale of art in public spaces; detailed as well as new cases dealing with art and privacy; and a model contract for Web site design and much more. The book also covers copyrights, moral rights, contracts, licensing, sales, special risks and protections for art and artists, book publishing, video and multimedia works, leases, taxation, estate planning, museums, collecting, grants, and how to find the best professional advisers and attorneys. In addition, the book suggests basic strategies for negotiation, gives information to help with further action, contains many sample legal forms and contracts, and shows how to locate artists' groups and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts organizations."
TIP: "Index" includes entry: "Forms" (p. 456). Digital version of this guide also offers a keyword search feature in which a researcher can search for a specific form, for example: "copyright assignment form." Also, skim "Contents" for a relevant chapter; for example, Chapter 14. Gallery and Agent Representation and Agreements provides a Model Consignment Agreement.

TIP: Since Crawford published the latest edition of Business and Legal Forms for Fine Artists in 2014, researchers also should review Legal Guide for the Visual Artist (2024). As described in the entry above, Legal Guide includes some current sample forms/agreements and drafting tips.
Excerpt from book's description: "[I]ncludes forms for hiring and firing employees, agreements to arbitrate, promissory notes, and general releases. Also include[s] a contract for the sale of an artwork, contract for a commission, delivery-of-art confirmation form, artist-gallery contract, contract for an exhibition loan, model release, commercial lease, sublease, and lease assignment."

Available as part of an Open JSTOR Collection. BLS researchers: click link: jstor.org
Excerpt from Amazon's book description: "[E]quips readers with the knowledge and strategies essential for confronting the shadow of the Nazi past in museum collections."
Contents: Introduction -- Persecution and Dispossession, 1933-1945 -- After the War: Nazi-Era Provenance Research Today -- Research Strategies and Resources: Uncovering the Stories Behind Museum Objects -- Published Sources and Bibliography -- Index.

BLS Library ordered 1 print copy.
Excerpts from publisher's book description: "[I]ntroduces the multiple roles cultural heritage plays through the conflict cycle from its onset, subsequent escalation and through to resolution and recovery." "It moves beyond the protection paradigm and recognises that cultural heritage can contribute to building peace and reconciliation in post-conflict environments."
Contents of this guide: Introduction -- Cultural Heritage and the Causes of Violent Conflict -- Heritage and Ethnic/Identity Conflicts -- Heritage and Nation Building -- Cultural Heritage during Armed Conflict -- Cultural Heritage, Peacemaking and Post-Conflict Societies -- Cultural Heritage and Peace -- Heritage and Conflict Memory -- Comparative Practice and Environmental Peacebuilding -- Conclusion.

Contents of this guide: Selected books -- Identifying Books -- Periodicals -- Identifying Articles -- Commentaries and Explanatory Reports -- Web Resources: A. Fee based resources & B. Freely Accessible Resources -- Organization Websites -- Professional Association Ethical Codes, Standards, and Policies -- International and Regional Conventions.

Excerpt from publisher's book description: "[P]rovides a comprehensive, user-friendly overview of all major components of an interdisciplinary legal practice that extends from government and tribal management of land to federal underwater resource management to the national and international laws governing museums and the arts marketplace."

Ebook available through subscription: Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law. Multiple copies are available.
Includes: Chapter 16. Protection of Cultural Property.

Ebook available through subscription: Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law. Multiple copies are available.
Excerpt from handbook's abstract: "[S]ets out and assesses the international legal framework governing the protection of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage is frequently not bounded by national territory and can only effectively be protected through international cooperation. This is a primary driving force of contemporary multilateral, regional, and bilateral initiatives, including legal measures. Accordingly, the Handbook is primarily focused on public international law, but it embraces also aspects of private international law and comparative law. It analyses the substance of cultural heritage protection and explores its links with other areas of public and private international law, as well as the ways in which cultural heritage law is contributing to the development of international law itself. The Handbook concludes with an examination of the implementation of cultural heritage law and of regional approaches."

In BLS Library's catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (TAYLOR & FRANCIS). Multiple digital copies are available.
Excerpt from publisher's book description: "[S]heds light on the relationship between the two fields [heritage and law] and analyses how the law shapes heritage and heritage practice in both expected and unexpected ways. Includ[es] contributions from 41 authors working across a range of jurisdictions."

Excerpt from toolkit's description: [P]rovides a globally tested self-assessment methodology to support World Heritage managers and actors to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or other heritage place."

Excerpts from document's description: "In the past six years, the World Heritage Committee, the decision-making body composed of 21 States Parties, has requested 148 World Heritage properties conduct impact assessments – roughly 35 to 45 each year." "[P]rovides new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet’s most precious heritage places."