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Book SynopsisArtistic authorship is fundamental to how we interpret and value artworks. The figure of the solitary, creative genius underpins the symbolic and monetary values we ascribe to artworks; yet artistic authorship, like ownership, is often contested and unstable. This interdisciplinary collection of essays, written from legal, art historical and art market perspectives, critically examines the construction and iteration of the artist-author both during the lifetime of the artist and beyond – when artistic authorship is stewarded by others, including artists’ estates, foundations and museums.
Drawing on current cases and past legal disputes, this important anthology addresses enduring issues that have become central to the contemporary art world, such as the collision between artists’ rights and the rights of the owners of artworks, the problems of authentication and who has the final authority to determine authenticity, and the role of artists’ estates as legacy guardians.
Table of Contents11 Introduction daniel mcclean Part One: Authorship and Artists’ Rights 31 Artists’ Rights in the United States; or, A Remembrance of Claims Occasionally Checked joan kee 47 Training Ground for Moral Rights: MASS MoCA v. Christoph Büchel donn zaretsky 54 Retraction martha buskirk 69 Up for Grabs; or, Artistic Authorship in the Age of the Flipper: Kreuk v. Vō christian viveros-fauné 82 Authoring Contradictions: Modern Appropriation Art and Postmodern Copyright Law in Cariou v. Prince nate harrison 96 Timeless/Authorless john c. welchman 117 The Author Stripped Bare by Its Employees: Artistic Authorship in the Twenty-First Century and Beyond lisa rosendahl Part Two: The Artwork, Aura, and Authentication 130 Demonstrable Legacy; or, What Sculptors Leave Behind penelope curtis 141 From the Object to the Archive: Guaranteeing Authorship and Ownership in Contemporary Art alessandra donati 159 Score, Performance, and the Posthumous Conductor shane burke 179 Hélio Oiticica: A Principle of Renewal guy brett 186 Artists’ Legacies, Authentication, and the Art Market: Not Always a Happy Ménage georgina adam 203 Brave New Art Market: Unsilencing the Authenticators judith bresler 217 Artistic Authorship, Legacy, and Expert Liability in the French Art Market corinne ershkovitch 229 Authentication and the Italian Art Market giuseppe calabi
