Learn how to protect your assets, enhance your business dealings and find answers to your legal questions about art.  

Artful Ownership gives you the most up-to-date information on:

• Title
• Ownership and limits on ownership
• Role and responsibility of valuers
• Auctions and other marketplaces
• Copyright
• Insurance
• Taxation
• Cultural property legislation
• Import and export
• UNESCO and other international agreements

Artful Ownership: Art Law, Valuation, and Commerce in the United States, Canada, and Mexico is the most comprehensive guide to the appraisal and commercial protocol and the giving of artworks, antiques and collectibles. It is the first book dealing with the art law and art commerce of the three countries. Author Aaron Milrad demystifies the legal world of art and uncovers the secrets of the industry with a wealth of information regarding donation, buying at auctions, bequeathal, acquisition and gifting of art.

With expertise in copyright, cultural property issues, taxation, insurance and import and export of artworks and collectibles, Aaron Milrad brings clarity to a field long obscured by disputes over rightful ownership and acquisition. Artful Ownership is an intriguing read, bringing to light the legal basics behind the current scandals that surround art confiscated during the Holocaust and the resulting implications upon their sale to major art institutions. No other book presents art law with such explicit detail and comprehension of its far-reaching international impact.

Both a working tool and a reference book, Artful Ownership is a vital guide to all members of the art world, whether lawyers, accountants, financial or other advisors, artists, collectors, students, or those seeking to begin investing in artwork and collectibles. The book answers the following questions:

• How do you determine who owns a work of art and who has the right to sell it?
• What services and opinions of value can you expect from an appraiser?
• What are the latest rules governing Nazi-confiscated art?

Additionally, you’ll be updated on issues dealing with stolen art; export or import of art; fakes, frauds, and forgeries; gifting and tax benefits; art project contracts; reproduction rights; contractual concerns when buying, selling or trading art; and obtaining appropriate professional advice on authentication, public or private commissions of art, value, copyright and insurance concerns.

AARON M. MILRAD is a member of Fraser Milner, Barristers & Solicitors, a national law firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Milrad’s work focuses on Canadian and international copyright, contracts, strategic planning, marketing, libel and tax and estate planning for creators, collectors and arts professionals and organizations active in the areas of the visual, performing and literary arts, music, publishing, journalism and new media. In addition, Milrad provides advice on the creation and operation of not-for-profit organizations and foundations in the arts and culture fields. Milrad co-authored The Art World –Law, Business and Practice in Canada, a standard work of reference for art dealers, collectors and lawyers alike.

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