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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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The Brushstroke of Justice: Greece Finally Gets Real About Art Forgeries
In the high-stakes world of fine art, the difference between a masterpiece and a “mister-piece” of deception can be worth millions. For a
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Great Jones Street Jitters: Why Angelina Jolie’s Brand is Battling a Pennsylvania Artist
In the world of high-fashion and even higher-stakes real estate, few addresses carry the ghosts of art history quite like 57 Great Jones Street. Once
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A Roman Holiday for Gandhara: The Irony of Italy Guarding Afghanistan’s Buddhist Past
In the complex, often heartbreaking landscape of cultural heritage law, every now and then a story emerges that’s simply too poignant to ignore.
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Who Wrote That Prompt? The US Supreme Court’s AI Copyright Conundrum
The future of the creative economy—and possibly human self-worth—now rests on a question of legal semantics: Can a machine be an
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When Palm-Leaf Scrolls Unite Temple, Museum, and Academia
In Kerala, a fascinating cultural alliance has taken root. The Shevadhi Museum, in collaboration with Alliance University, will study ancient
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South Korea Finally Lifts the Ink Ban: Tattoos Step Into the Light
For more than three decades, tattooing in South Korea lived in the shadows. The practice thrived, with an estimated 350,000 tattoo artists across the
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