by Jessica | Mar 26, 2018 | Art Law, Crime, Cultural Heritage, Export licences, illicit trade in cultural property, National Treasures
Ancient ruins destroyed in Palmyra, Syria. Further to Part One of this article (see here.) Last week (20-21st March 2018), we also saw the European Community coming together with a joint EU-UNESCO project called “Engaging the European Art Market in the Fight...
by Jessica | Mar 26, 2018 | Art Law, Cultural Heritage, Export licences, illicit trade in cultural property
Last week, The Kingdom of Jordan announced that they are creating an anti-smuggling division to protect antiquities. (See here – https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Jordan_to_create_antismuggling_division_to_protect_antiquities-SNG_112693132/.) Since the War in...
by Jessica | Aug 6, 2014 | Art Law, Banksy, Crime, Public Art
The Spy Booth is a Banksy story that keeps unfolding with twists and turns at every corner. First came the uplifting news story early on in the week that the Cambridge community might now be able to save their artwork from going into the hands of a London Gallery and...
by Jessica | Jul 3, 2014 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Disputed Title, Public Art
Every few weeks there is another news story about a Banksy graffiti painting being put up and then ripped off the walls by owners of the property and flogged for high prices in auction. Last month it was the fantastic mobile lovers artwork painted on the side of a...
by Jessica | Jul 2, 2014 | Art Market, Auction Sales
A Francis Bacon Triptych made another auction record sale on Monday 30th June for this artist; the small format painting of his lover George Dyer, Portrait of George Dyer (on Light Ground) (1964) sold for £26.7 million at Sotheby’s Contemporary art sale beating a...
by Jessica | Jun 30, 2014 | Art Law
Welcome to my art law website. This blog has been designed to bring you the latest interesting art law cases in this exciting emerging sector based area of law. These days there is always an interesting art law case in the news; whether it’s another Banksy being...
by Jessica | Nov 17, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Crime, Diamonds
“Police escort: Tell me, inspector – Signor Phantom – all those robberies. How did you ever manage it? Inspector Jacques Clouseau: Well, you know… it wasn’t easy. Inspector Jacques Clouseau: At times like this, I wish I was but a...
by Jessica | Nov 9, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Art theft, Crime
To catch a thief… “The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.” – Terry Pratchett, Sourcery This...
by Jessica | Nov 3, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Art theft, Crime
To Catch a Thief… “The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.” – Terry Pratchett, Sourcery...
by Jessica | Nov 2, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Auction Sales, Diamonds
“Gem dealer 1: As in every stone of this size, there is a flaw. Sultan: A flaw? Gem dealer 2: The slightest flaw, your excellency. Gem dealer 1: If you look deep into the stone, you will perceive the tiniest discoloration. It resembles an animal. Sultan: An...
