Center for Art Law: Irina Tarsis on Pursuing Art Law, Founding the Center & Creating Community

Published: March 13, 2022, 6 a.m.

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The interview with Irina Tarsis took place before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Irina is a Russian-speaking American, with Ukrainian and Jewish roots. The events we are witnessing now in connection with the war in Ukraine are heartbreaking. Glory and Peace to Ukraine and Forgiveness and Awakening to Russia.

Cover art: photograph taken in Kyiv art gallery/store circa 2020 by Irina Tarsis.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00\\xa0 Irina Tarsis\\u2019 decision to attend law school to study art law

1:42\\xa0 Tarsis\\u2019 reasons for pursuing art law

3:05 her work with Soviet nationalizations in the context of law libraries

4:15 Tarsis began studing art history\\xa0

4:34\\xa0 Founding Center for Art Law\\xa0

5:17\\xa0 Center\\u2019s growth\\xa0

7:20\\xa0 Center\\u2019s Judith Bresler Fellowship\\xa0

9:24\\xa0 Center\\u2019s legacy and estate planning clinic\\xa0

12:51\\xa0 clinic\\u2019s artists feature series.\\xa0

13:42\\xa0 Artist Molly Dougenis\\xa0

14:16\\xa0 Dougenis\\u2019 estate planning

15:00\\xa0 next clinic about artists dealer relationships with a focus on New York law and will include resale royalty.

16:44\\xa0 recent NFT case filed in Southern District of New York that involves the Guernica of India\\xa0

17:30\\xa0 many contracts include reference to all future media now known or to be to be invented down the line\\xa0

18:00 suit involving Quentin Tarantin\\u2019s attempt to mint NFTs\\xa0

18:48 future cases in art law\\xa0

20:33 teaching at Sotheby's and FIT

23:09\\xa0 Tarsis\\u2019 work with the European Shoah Legacy Institute

24:15\\xa0 provenance research\\xa0

26:50 Portrait of Wally\\xa0

28:00\\xa0 Center\\u2019s future mission

30:16 Knoedler Gallery story\\xa0

31:45\\xa0 idea for a Knoedler award\\xa0

33:03\\xa0 creation of a community of artists, art fans, art aficionados, and collectors and attorneys

34:30 fundraising efforts

36:13\\xa0 career positions in art law


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\\xa9 Stephanie Drawdy [2024]

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