Leila's curation of the exhibition Art Crime: Looters, Forgers, Thieves & Vandals was featured this week in NYU News' "A Rogues' Gallery of Art Crime." The article discusses Leila's seminar "Art Crime and the Law," the first course of its type offered by NYU's...
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Unpredictability of the Art Market
Armory Show Panel: Art Market Remains Unpredictable On March 3, 2017, the Armory Show in New York held a panel called Conversation on Collecting: Hypotheses on the Future of the Art Market. The talk, presented by Athena Art Finance Corp and moderated by art market...
Anonymity and the Art Market
Anonymity in the art world can be both a curse and a blessing.
Client Spotlight: Samuel Amoia
Amineddoleh & Associates’ client Samuel Amoia was recently featured in Forbes magazine for his impressive work completing numerous commissioned furniture pieces and interiors for the exclusive Itz’ana Hotel and Residences in Belize. The Forbes article, is one of...
Clarion List’s 2017 Resolutions
With the soaring prices of art, it's essential that buyers protect their purchases. The Clarion List featured Amineddoleh & Associates LLC for our advice to collectors in the group's 2017 resolution article, "2017 Resolutions You Must Make." The article provides...
Newly enacted U.S. Law could reopen Russian art loans
The Art Newspaper recently reported that the long-held freeze on museum loans between Russian and U.S. museums could finally come to an end. In December, both the Senate and President Obama approved the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification...
Amineddoleh & Associates Featured in Digital Guardian
Amineddoleh & Associates LLC was featured in Digital Guardian this morning. In the feature, Leila discusses the best way to secure intellectual property against loss or compromise. You can read her advice, along with perspectives from others,...
Kapoor, Klein, and the Ownership of Colors
A few weeks ago, artist Anish Kapoor posted a photo to Instagram of his middle finger swathed in the “World’s Pinkest Pink" paint pigment with the caption “Up yours #pink”. The photo was a pointed reply to artist Stuart Semple, who had expressly banned Kapoor from...
For the past few years I've worked w/ a family to return an antiquities collection to Jordan. Last night, the Jordanian Ambassador and other high-ranking diplomats honored my clients during a ceremony in DC celebrating Royal Jordanian Airline's new direct route b/w DC and Amman
Leila chatted with the @AP about the controversial sale at Christie's, namely potential copyright infringement and its implications for the art market.
Christie's launched "Augmented Intelligence," the 1st time a major auction house has held an auction of all AI-generated art. I spoke w/ @AP about the controversial sale, and why artists are protesting it (potential infringement of IP rights). https://apnews.com/video/christies-ai-generated-art-auction-sparks-copyright-concerns-and-artist-protests-d422ad0e1eeb420da16a78e0fe4d12b5
It was an honor to work on this matter to reach this wonderful solution. It is a wonderful example of how ethical museum practices build strong relationships with foreign governments. Thanks for the great reporting @BostonGlobe
We were thrilled to work on this important repatriation & loan agreement b/w Italy and the Worcester Art Museum b/c it's a wonderful example of how ethical museum practices build strong relationships with foreign governments. https://www.artandiplawfirm.com/news-repatriation-announcement/
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I had the honor of teaching a week-long course @CSMC_Hamburg in December. It was valuable engaging with scholars and experts at the university. I also presented information about the application of law to manuscripts and art, and gave this interview. Thank you @CSMC_Hamburg