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In a high-value art market, where authenticity is highly prized but skilful forgeries abound, the process of authentication can seem perilous. In recent years, the application of the traditional ‘three-legged stool’ of authentication – a balance of connoisseurship, provenance research and scientific analysis – has shifted as increasingly sophisticated technical tools enter the arena and experts fear the risk of litigation. In parallel, authorship and originality are being challenged by ‘non-human’ artistic creation using AI and other technologies.
Drawing on a range of fascinating legal case studies, this book explores what we can learn from the law about the care required from art-market professionals and experts over attributions, and how the law and the market are evolving to meet new authentication challenges.
Price: £19.99
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Series: Hot Topics in the Art World
Publication Date:
25 August 2027
Trim Size: 7.88 X 5.12 in
ISBN: 9781848227590
Format: Hardcover
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Emily Gould is Assistant Director of the Institute of Art and Law and a Teaching Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, where she is involved in delivering an Art, Business and Law masters programme. She writes, teaches and presents on a range of areas pertaining to art and cultural-heritage law including copyright, heritage crime, museum ethics and contracts.
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Challenge of Proof: The Law's Approach; 2 The Challenge of Identity: Who to Attribute? 3 The Challenge of the Passage of Time: Once a Rembrandt, Always a Rembrandt? 4 The Challenge of Control: Who has the Final Say? 5 The Challenge of Technology: A New Dawn for the Art World? Conclusion; Notes; Further Reading; Index