Discussion with Kevin Ray: "The City, Its Creditors and the Art: Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit’s Municipal Bankruptcy Case"

Irina Tarsis, art historian and practicing attorney in Brooklyn, New York, and founder and director of the Center for Art Law, discusses the history of resale royalty rights in the U.S., recent lobby efforts for and against the resale royalty efforts in the United States, and the difficulties of administering royalty rights in other parts of the world.

Ole Varmer, attorney-advisor in the General Counsel for International Law Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, discusses the legal frameworks that govern underwater cultural heritage and the challenges and obstacles in protecting underwater cultural property. July 2014

Committee Member Kevin Ray discusses the Detroit Institute of Arts' role in the city of Detroit's municipal bankruptcy case. March 2014

Prof. Patty Gerstenblith discusses legal issues involved in the recent discovery in Munich in the collection of Cornelius Gurlitt of missing 20th century European art, some of which was likely looted from Nazi victims of the Holocaust or removed from German museums as "degenerate art". January 2014

Committee Member Laina Lopez discusses her practice representing foreign states in cultural heritage international litigation. September 2013