Category Archives: Art

As They Please

Impending Regulations Will Destroy the Decorative Arts Trade By Michael McCullough A certain amount of information about the meeting of the Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking on March 20th has been passed on to me by members of the art … Continue reading

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Art Dealer Groups Propose Solution to Ivory Ban

The League and NAADAA Send Letter to the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Staff Writer In a letter sent today to Director Ashe of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Art and Antique Dealers League of America … Continue reading

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Suite for the Sweet

Artist Resale Rights in the United States By Michael McCullough Whenever I read about efforts to legislate an “artist resale royalty” in the United States, there comes back into my mind the memory of a conversation I had about ten … Continue reading

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Success in the Machine

Good Artwork Always Sells at the Right Price. by Michael McCullough A dozen years ago anyone who foretold the size and importance of today’s global auction market would have been looked on as a lunatic. And yet the truth is … Continue reading

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Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of the Cultural Property Implementation Act

October 22, 2013, 6:30pm-9:00pm New York City Bar Association Agenda 6:30-6:35- Introduction (Dean Nicyper, Chair, Art Law Committee; Josh Lipsman, Chair, Cultural Property Subcommittee) 6:35-6:40- Moderator (Michael McCullough, Chair, International Trade Subcommittee and Managing Partner, Michal McCullough LLC) Overview of … Continue reading

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Cultural Property Event of the Century

Don’t miss it. Open to the public. Symposium on the 30th Anniversary of the Cultural Property Implementation Act Oct. 22, 2013    6:30 PM – 9:00 PM New York City Bar Association 42 West 44th Street New York, NY Speaker and … Continue reading

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Michael McCullough on Fox News

This is the first narrow and blatantly self-serving post to this blog: “Fine art boom? Market Continues to Expand” View here.

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Iron and Light

By Michael McCullough MoMA Exhibition, “Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light” Very little in museum exhibitions of contemporary prints and photographs makes any deep impression on me these days. That is a confession of something lacking in myself, but it … Continue reading

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A Breakdown in Appropriation

A New View on Using Copyrighted Images By Michael McCullough When a Federal court scratches its head about how to regulate the art market, get ready for total baldness as you start tearing out your hair. Last week, a Federal … Continue reading

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The Economics of Art

By Michael McCullough From the Soft to the Nonexistent Middle Market Andy Warhol is quoted as saying “[a]n artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he – for some reason – thinks it … Continue reading

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