Art Law Case Briefs Podcast

The defendants in this case had covertly aided in locating buyers for the cultural property, knowing they were likely violating Mexico’s patrimony laws.

Alfred Stieglitz, a innovative photographer, collector of modern art, and husband of Georgia O'Keeffe, perished leaving behind an estate included approximately 900 works of art and a will and testament that stated Georgia O'Keeffe, and this appeal examined respective rights of three parties concerning charitable gifts of 101 pieces of art given, subject to conditions, to Fisk University in the late 1940s and early 1950s

1990’s funding decisions of the NEA were under fire when the art viewing public found the funding and works scandalous, and congress responded with amendment section 954 of the National Foundation on Arts and Humanities Act

Robert Mapplethorpe Exhibition “Perfect Moment” featured 5 graphic photos amongst 169 non-obscene works in Cincinnati v. Contemporary Arts Center, addressing the "as a whole" phrase in the Miller Test.

Here the 3-pronged Miller Test is established in response to an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court involving Marvin Miller's unsolicited, sexually explicit, obscene, mailing advertisements for sexy books.

Both a California and a New York bookseller had been charged with Obscenity for distributing books and magazines featuring nude photos and erotic stories, with their appeals heard before the United States Supreme Court.

Three sculptures were found to be employees creating a work for hire resulting in the loss of their work and VARA rights.

How Monty Python helped pave the way for some recognition of moral rights in the U.S. courts.

This case looks at an artist's renderings for Esquire Magazine and how the U.S. differs from France in recognizing attribution and paternity.

This 1967 case looks at the validity of an oral contract made with Dali to complete a publicity stunt by painting a picture live on television and addresses how the United States approaches artists obligations.

2 Live Crew's parody of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" reaches the Supreme Court in a debate over copyright and fair use.

Debate over copyright to James Earl Reid's powerful sculpture and its journey to the Supreme Court, which ruled in Reid’s favor, setting an important precedent in favor of the rights of freelance artists to retain their creative and intellectual property.

This case looks at the works of two glass artists, one from California, and one from Hawaii, both who created jelly fish in a glass-in-glass medium and if the elements of the work were protected under copyright and if so, if they were infringed upon.

This 1892 case involves the importation of stained-glass windows and the legal question on if the classify as art and taxed in accordance.

This 1931 Art Law Case asks if the import of the Nassak diamond was correctly classified as an artistic antiquity or if it was simply a diamond with a romantic history.

This 1912 case involves tariffs on imported marble to the United States and if the marble mantles could be considered art or sculpture resulting in a lower tariff under the Tariff Act of 1909.