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Introducing The CALI Magazine – Art & Law | Vol. 1, 2026
Where Art Meets Law, Culture Meets Policy, and Creativity Meets Legal Protection The Council for Art and Law Initiatives (CALI) is pleased to present
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Fragile Foundations: Inheritance Disputes and the Vulnerability of Institutional Loans
-Sahibnoor Singh Sidhu Public museums have for a very long time relied on long-term loans from private collectors. However, these forms often are
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The Illusion of Provenance: Inside the Collapse of the Museum Acquisition Model
-Sahibnoor Singh Sidhu When investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art to execute a series
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Who Owns an Aesthetic? Cord’s Album ‘91 Campaign and the Limits of Indian Copyright Law
by Sadie Ovenden When Cord released its Album ‘91 SS’26 campaign, internet commentary quickly observed that, with its symmetrical framing and
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United States v. Doyle: Wire Fraud, Void Title, and the Legal Limits of Market Trust in the Courbet Dispute
The reliance of the international art market on informal networks and unverified representations continues to create opportunities for sophisticated
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Mauritshuis Wins Rembrandt Dispute
When the dead leave their treasures to the living, they often attempt to script the future from beyond the grave, binding institutions to conditions
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The Colorado Artist Company Act: A Blueprint for Corporate Creative Governance?
The enactment of the Colorado Artist Company Act marks a shift in the intersection of corporate law and intellectual property law. Historically,
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The Agreement and the Troubled Provenance of the Jain Manuscripts of the Wellcome Collection
The Return of the Sacred? In a historic moment for cultural heritage management, the Wellcome Collection in London announced a commitment to return
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The Bureaucracy of Regret: France’s Quiet Beginning to Undo Colonial Plunder
Inside the dim, glass-walled galleries of the Musée du Quai Branly, the ghosts of the French empire are kept at a meticulous relative humidity of
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The Living Archive: Re-evaluating Natural Heritage in the Anthropocene
The professional lexicon of art lawyers and museologists has historically focused on the portable and the tangible. For the longest time, the
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Taxing the Pumpkin: Navigating Tax on Art Gains in a Transparent Market
The acquisition of art has been romanticized as a pursuit of the soul, an aesthetic dialogue between the collector and the creator. However, for
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Specialty Museums in India- A Reflection
Specialty Museums in India Museums have long been regarded as the custodians of a history’s essence. In India, multiple layers of cultural and
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The Hidden Collection: Why Copyright Fear is Silencing Canadian Museums
The paradox of the modern Canadian museum is as frustrating as it is pervasive. We live in an era where high-resolution imagery and instant
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The Chicago Acquisition: A Masterclass in Curation or a Case Study in Loss?
The Art Institute of Chicago recently announced a sweeping set of acquisitions that reads like a high-end grocery list for the soul. From the
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The Return of the Official: Egypt Welcomes Back a 3,500-Year-Old Treasure
In a world where cultural heritage is often a casualty of political upheaval, a rare piece of ancient history has finally made its journey home. On
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