Anne-Marie Carstens, Associate Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law, examines Octagon Earthworks, a 2,000-year-old indigenous site, to highlight the tension between private property rights and the World Heritage Convention’s requirements for cultural “authenticity” and “integrity”, and questions about using eminent domain for aesthetic and cultural heritage purposes.
Takings, Private Property & World Cultural Heritage
Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project | Sonia Katyal at Rhizome World
Professor Sonia Katyal join’s UCLA professor and artist Lauren Lee in a panel regarding surveillance, automation, and algorithmic living through the lens of trademark law, branding and advertising.
Tax Law as Muse
Co-authors Brian Soucek, UC Davis Law, and Jennifer C. Lena, Columbia, discuss taxation of the arts through a case in which Chicago officials targeted clubs hosting rock, hip-hop, country, and DJ performances, arguing these genres weren’t part of the “fine arts” and thus not tax-exempt.
Iconology of Justice. Rhetoric and Law in The Calumny by Sandro Botticelli
In his recent article, Iconology of Justice. Rhetoric and Law in The Calumny, University of Padova Law professor Pablo Moro presents a rhetorical analysis of The Calumny by Sandro Botticelli, a tempera painting created between 1494 and 1497. Moro explores how Botticelli uses classical concepts of justice and trial to depict an unjust legal process, highlighting the absence of truth in judgment
Canvas, Issue 18
This month, we cover the Trump administration’s actions against cultural institutions, heritage battles, art fraud legal developments, AI’s creative impact, and spring market trends.
Canvas, Issue 17
This month, we cover AI copyright milestones, major museum renovations, technological reshaping of art, traditional concerns in cultural heritage preservation, and art market dynamics.
The Art Belongs to the Artists
UNC Law professors Deborah M. Weissman, and Louis A. Perez dissect the US government’s refusal to grant Guantánamo Bay detainees ownership of the art they created during their detention, framing the confiscation of these works as a form of cultural plunder.
Canvas, Issue 16
This month, we bring you the latest on the legal dramas of art market heavyweights, evolving trends in art investment, the rise of AI-generated art, and AI fashion stepping into the spotlight.
Repatriation in university museum collections: Case studies from the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
In his recent article, UC Berkeley associate professor Benjamin Porter explores the unique positioning of university-based anthropology museums to pursue nuanced decisions concerning the disposition of collections in their care, setting best practices for the field.
Canvas, Issue 15
This month, we highlight legal troubles for big names in the art market, spending patterns of art investors, AI-generated art going mainstream, and AI-generated fashion.