Color By Numbers: Art Law 101

This course is part of the Lawline Classics collection, featuring timeless content that remains valuable for learning and reference but is no longer available for CLE credit.

"Art law" encompasses a complex and interdisciplinary body of law that governs the creation, protection, ownership, licensing, transport, insuring and sale of art. While some art specific laws exist, the practice of art law frequently involves the application of multiple areas of law to the relationships, rights, transactions and disputes among artist and other art participants.

This course, presented by Randy Friedberg, a Partner at White and Williams LLP, provides an introduction to this complex area of law with emphasis on issues such as intellectual property rights in art, moral and economic rights, agreements for the transfer and commission of artwork, and licensing agreements for artworks.

Learning Objectives:

1. Examine the application of copyright law to artwork including fair use
2. Discuss moral rights, in particular the Visual Artist Rights Act
3. Comprehend the intersection between trademark law and artwork
4. Consider key issues when drafting agreements for licensing or commission of artworks    

Please note that this course reflects information available at the time of filming, and some updates or changes may have occurred since then.