by Jessica | Mar 18, 2012 | Art Lawyer, Disputed Title, Jurisdiction, Restitution
An interesting pending restitution case, where ownership is disputed, concerns Modigliani’s 1918 painting Seated Man with a Cane. The Art Newspaper, in their issue 233, March 2012 has provided an update in this case as an interesting legal twist takes place. Mr...
by Jessica | Mar 17, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Cultural Heritage, Restitution
Germany’s Highest Court rules that German museum must return art work stolen by the Nazis On Friday 16th March the Highest Court in Germany, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe ruled that the German Historical Museum must return to Peter Sachs, a US Citizen,...
by Jessica | Mar 14, 2012 | Art Law, Cultural Heritage
The “James Ossuary” – Seven Year Forgery Trial finally comes to an end but the debate over the authenticity of the oldest archaeological link to Jesus is far from over. On the 14th March 2012, Israeli art collector Oded Golan, charged in 2004 of leading an...
by Jessica | Mar 13, 2012 | Art Law, Cultural Heritage, Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci “I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have” This is an extraordinary quote from probably the most highly valued artist in the world as recent discoveries of Leonardo’s lost masterpieces is the stuff of...
