by Administrator | Mar 23, 2021 | Legal Issues for Museums
Last Tuesday, the New York Times posted an article about the unknown amount of art and other collections items that are missing from museums. It has garnered a great deal of discussion among “museum Twitter,” with everyone acknowledging that this is a major...
by Administrator | Mar 11, 2021 | Copyright, Legal Issues for Museums
We are excited be presenting, “The Copyright Conundrum: Understanding the Basics of US Copyright Law,” for the Collections Care and Conservation Alliance, on Thursday, March 18th at 2pm. This presentation is geared toward small and medium-sized historic...
by Administrator | Feb 23, 2021 | Legal Issues for Museums
For your reading pleasure: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/greatest-art-heists-of-all-time-1234583441/
by Administrator | Feb 9, 2021 | Cultural Heritage, Legal Issues for Museums
Craft retailer Hobby Lobby has amended its complaint against Christie’s to include the alleged prior owner of a cuneiform tablet dating from approximately 1600 BCE and bearing an inscription with a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh. In May of last year, Hobby Lobby...
by Administrator | Nov 3, 2020 | Legal Issues for Museums
A mere hours before their sale, the Baltimore Museum of Art removed three paintings from Sotheby’s auction. The Museum had come under fire after announcing that it was planning to sell three paintings from its collection based on the new guidance from the American...
by Administrator | Sep 29, 2020 | Legal Issues for Museums
Until recently, the ban on selling collections items as a method of raising money for a museum was considered sacrosanct. The only time such a sale would be permissible was if items that were not as central to the museum’s mission were sold in order to...
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