Art, Cultural Heritage & Law: News & Legal News

AMTD Group, The Art Newspaper (offers a free, 8-week, digital access trial of this newspaper - digital access also is available onsite at New York Public Library from 01/01/2010-present)

• States it is "a daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world."  Includes coverage of topics: Art crime, Art theft, Lawsuits, and Repatriation.

Association for Research into Crimes Against Art (ARCA), ARCAblog

Center for Art Law, Art Law Blasts (free monthly art newsletter, requires subscription) 

• Highlights art law news/publications, art law events in New York (and in other places), and art law job opportunities.

Committee for Cultural Policy, Cultural Property News (free bimonthly newsletter)

• A 07/03/2024 email from this Committee stated the Cultural Property News website provides "over 400 articles on cultural policy, museums and collecting, legal publications and analysis, and heritage preservation information."

The Institute of Art & Law (IAL), Latest IAL News

• States it is an "[i]nternationally recognised source of knowledge on art and cultural heritage law."

International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art  (IADAA), Newsletter

• States it is "the international association of leading dealers in works of ancient art with high ethical standards."  Currently, IADAA has 32 members from 8 countries.  IADAA's newsletter discusses recent discoveries of antiquities, upcoming sales of antiquities, thefts of art from museums, requests for return and restitution of cultural property, and selected new court decisions, proposed bills, and Memoranda of Understanding pertinent to art, antiquities and archeology.

JUSTIA Blawg Search, Most Popular Art Law Blogs

UNESCO, Newsroom

• Provides UNESCO's recent press releases (example: Ukraine: Nearly 30 States pledge to support UNESCO's efforts in the recovery of the cultural sector) and highlights its current initiatives (example: Djibouti promotes artists' rights with the launch of UNESCO-Aschberg Programme).

The Fashion Law (TFL)

• In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - THE FASHION LAW.
• Tip: In TFL's main screen search box (top right), enter keyword(s), for example: art 
  • Search yields articles such as: TFL, Court Says No Art Exhibition for MetaBirkins-Maker in Hermès Case (Mar. 15, 2024).

Law.com (provides legal news stories from ALM publications such as American Lawyer and New York Law Journal)

• Click: Search and enter keyword(s), for example: "stolen art" or "art theft" 

Law360.com (includes legal news stories w/ attached documents + expert analysis)

• Topic: Intellectual Property
• Topic: Media & Entertainment

Note to BLS students, faculty and administrators: Remote access to The Fashion Law, Law.com and Law360.com requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.  BLS librarians recommend the instructions for Firefox.  Law.com content also is available in subscription Lexis+ ALM Media.  Law360.com content also is available in subscription Lexis+ Legal News Hub.