DDRO 25A11 - Introduction to Art and Cultural Property Law

Art and cultural heritage is not only a tool to express the creative value of an artist, of a community, of a movement, it is also inundated and steered by a complex set of legal rules and institutions. ‘Art Law’ has been quipped as a quixotic way of navigating through concepts from contracts, property, and taxation to deeper, ethical issues such as moral rights, the levity of ethnic repatriation, and memorialization. This course will survey an expanse of topics to serve as an introduction into both art and cultural property law. It will traverse the intersectionality of art, culture, and international law in topics as varied from Nazi looted art, generative AI, capitalism in the art market, institutional actors such as auction houses and museums, culture in times of war, and modes of dispute resolution. This course will simulate a moot court, on a fictional looted art case. Prior knowledge and artistic inclination is not required for this course (but passion is preferred), this is a discussion-based seminar.

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