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Judith Prowda

@JudithProwda

Attorney focused on art law, copyright and entertainment law. Author of Visual Arts and the Law (2013). Faculty @sothebysinstitute

 New York City
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Joined June 2013
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Bargain of the year? Potential Vincent van Gogh painting bought for $50 at garage sale artlawandmore.com/2025/02/05… via @ArtLawandMore
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Privacy rules are spelling trouble for the art market: theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/…
Privacy rules are spelling trouble for the art market

Privacy rules are spelling trouble for the art market

More stringent regulations are posing provenance challenges and leading to legal battles

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Join us at the Bishop Gallery in Brooklyn on Tuesday, September 17th, 6-7:30pm for a discussion on estate planning for artists, followed by a reception. nysba.org/events/estate-plan…

Estate Planning for Artists: How to Plan and Protect Your Legacy - New York State Bar Association

The NYSBA's Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section in collaboration with The Bishop Gallery are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on estate planning for artists. It will cover essential...

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"In an unprecedented move, two artists have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, challenging the agency’s authority to regulate NFTs or non-fungible tokens." buff.ly/3WQkDlS
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Marc Balcells@artcrimeHQ5 Jun 2024
Protestor Arrested After Postering Over a Monet at the Musée d’Orsay news.artnet.com/art-world/pr…
Protestor Arrested After Postering Over a Monet at the Musée d'Orsay | Artnet News

Protestor Arrested After Postering Over a Monet at the Musée d'Orsay | Artnet News

Riposte Alimentaire targeted the picturesque landscape by Monet, turning into a "nightmarish" vision of the world after climate collapse.

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Ansel Adams Estate Calls Out Adobe for Selling AI-Generated Art Using Photographer’s Name artnews.com/art-news/news/an… via @artnews
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Art Collector Ron Perelman’s $410M Insurance Claim Will Head to Trial artnews.com/art-news/news/ro… via @artnews
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Lost Caravaggio that was nearly sold for €1,500 goes on display at Prado in Madrid theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Lost Caravaggio that was nearly sold for €1,500 goes on display at Prado in Madrid

Lost Caravaggio that was nearly sold for €1,500 goes on display at Prado in Madrid

Museum’s experts realised painter’s Ecce Homo had been misattributed in auction catalogue

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Marc Balcells@artcrimeHQ27 May 2024
‘The Scams Keep Proliferating’: Christie’s Historic Outage Reveals the Art World’s Digital Vulnerabilities news.artnet.com/art-world/cy…

Christie’s Historic ‘Incident’ Reveals an Art World on Edge | Artnet News

An outage of Christie's website reveals that art businesses are vulnerable to online attacks and scams. How can they protect themselves?

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alain servais@aservais114 May 2024
Why Defining Exactly Who Is and Isn’t an Artist Matters. Official definitions of 'artist' (of which there are a confusing many) come into play when artists are counted in a census, have to pay income taxes or want to apply for grants and live-work spaces. observer.com/2024/05/what-is…
Why Defining Exactly Who Is and Isn’t an Artist Matters

Why Defining Exactly Who Is and Isn’t an Artist Matters

The definition of both art and artist can have a very real impact in policy and philanthropy.

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Art Bites: What Sparked Rudy Giuliani’s Quest to Close the Brooklyn Museum? news.artnet.com/art-world/ar…
Art Bites: Why Rudy Giuliani Tried to Shut Down the Brooklyn Museum

Art Bites: Why Rudy Giuliani Tried to Shut Down the Brooklyn Museum

Rudy Giuliani tried to evict the Brooklyn Museum for hosting a provocative exhibition with a painting of the Virgin Mary made from dung.

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Art Law: How Nations Around the World Deal with Forgeries observer.com/2024/04/art-law…
Art Law: How Nations Around the World Deal with Forgeries

Art Law: How Nations Around the World Deal with Forgeries

Morocco recently joined a growing international effort to fight art fakes and counterfeit cultural property.

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Here Are 3 Facts About Richard Serra’s ‘Tilted Arc’—A Sculpture So Controversial It Was Put on Trial news.artnet.com/art-world-ar…
Why Was 'Tilted Arc' by Richard Serra So Controversial?

Why Was 'Tilted Arc' by Richard Serra So Controversial?

Discover the controversy behind Tilted Arc, a monumental steel sculpture by the artist Richard Serra which was removed from public view.

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Forger Sentenced for Swindling Collectors with Woodcuts Attributed to German Renaissance Masters artnews.com/art-news/news/fo… via @artnews
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California legislators push law change after ruling against family in Nazi looted art case latimes.com/california/story…
California legislators push law change after ruling against family in Nazi looted art case

California legislators push law change after ruling against family in Nazi looted art case

California lawmakers will introduce a bill to strengthen state law in favor of Holocaust survivors and others seeking to recover looted artwork and other property.

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Richard Serra, Who Recast Sculpture on a Massive Scale, Dies at 85 (Published 2024)

Richard Serra, Who Recast Sculpture on a Massive Scale, Dies at 85 (Published 2024)

His tilted walls of rusting steel, monumental blocks and other immense and inscrutable forms created environments that had to be walked through, or around, to be fully experienced.

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How the Met and Other Major US Museums Are Approaching Provenance Research artnews.com/art-news/news/ho… via @artnews
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Welcome to the New Era of Restitution and Repatriation artnews.com/art-news/news/ne… via @artnews
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UK art market feeling the heat as anti-money laundering legislation ramped up

UK art market feeling the heat as anti-money laundering legislation ramped up

HMRC has been issuing more regular fines and putting into force intensive checks, making art-related businesses sweat

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Quietly, After a $4 Million Fee, MoMA Returns a Chagall With a Nazi Taint nytimes.com/2024/02/12/arts/…
Quietly, After a $4 Million Fee, MoMA Returns a Chagall With a Nazi Taint (Published 2024)

Quietly, After a $4 Million Fee, MoMA Returns a Chagall With a Nazi Taint (Published 2024)

The museum returned the painting three years ago to the heirs of a gallery once led by a German Jew. But one heir called the payment to MoMA included in the deal “unreasonable.”

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