The Responsible Art Market (RAM) initiative has launched a survey on its current project: guidelines for experts authenticating works of fine art. Together with the survey, RAM shared a draft version of the guidelines which will be presented at its upcoming annual conf...
I am thrilled to announce that the University of Geneva Law Faculty will offer a new semester course on "Cultural Philanthropy and Law" ("La philanthropie culturelle et le droit") which I will teach starting in Spring 2020. The Course will be open to the public and to...
Today, the Serpentine Galleries together with Guest Work Agency convened a Legal Lab summit on art, technology and law in London as part of the new research and development platform of the Serpentine. Key thinkers and doers in the area of art, tech and law were invited...
Radio Suisse Romande's (RSR) radio show Vertigo on 7 March 2019 focused on the issue of plagiarism in music, comedy and film. I participated to discuss how copyright limits the use of protected works and how to distinguish inspirations from reproductions. The programme...
Christie's Education together with the University of Luxembourg Competence Center and the University's Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance is organizing an Executive Education Programme on "Owning and Investing in Art" in March/June 2019. The programme addresses the...
On 29 October 2018, Kunstforum Zürich and the University of Zurich's Art Market Studies program held a conference on due diligence in the art market and the rise of self-regulatory initiatives in Switzerland. Marc Spiegler, director of Art Basel, spoke Art Basel's new...
The online legal resource platform Getting the Deal Through has just published a Q&A on art law. For each country, art lawyers have answered the most common questions arising when buying, selling and lending art and collectibles. Topics covered include: export and impo...
In the latest Antique Auction Forum podcast I am interviewed by Martin Willis about art auction sales and examples of sleepers sales, i.e. misattributed artworks and antiques sold at auction.
