Send us Fan MailPlease visit LEVA, 6th Edition's site to learn more. Show Notes:0:00 Prof. Stephen Urice describes Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts 1:30 Urice's background 3:25 Hon. Simon Frankel's background6:00 SU: evolution of Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts (LEVA)9:00 SF: changes in LEVA, 6th Ed.11:40 SF: 6th Ed.’s accessibility and increased framing12:25 SU: 6th Ed.’s shift in perspective to a more centrist presentation14:00 SF: 6th Ed.’s usefulness for a broad audience15:20 SU: examples of stories in 6th Ed, e.g., Naruto v. Slater, (9th Cir. 2018) 16:00 SU: Brancusi v. US, 54 Treas. Dec. 428 (U.S. Customs Court 1928) 17:25 SF: variety of materials in LEVA, e.g., articles, statutes, transcripts, novels18:20 SF: Examples of cases about the authenticity of works and the disconnect between legal judgments and art world valuations: Greenberg Gallery v. Bauman, 817 F. Supp. 167 (D.D.C. 1993), aff’d without opinion, 36 F.3d 127 (D.C. Cir. 1994) (Calder sculpture held to be authentic by the trial judge versus expert Klaus Perls’ rejection of the work) 20:30 SF: Herstand & Co. v. Gallery Gertrude Stein Inc., 211 A.D.2d 77 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995) (remand on authenticity of Balthus drawing despite Balthus' repudiation of the work) 22:40 SU: colorful settings and range of legal issues arising in art-related cases24:45 ethical issues arising in art-related disputes, e.g., restitution claims26:35 SF: Museum Studies Scholar Marie Malaro, the law makes us only bearable, not honorable.27:00 Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016; HEAR Act of 2025 31:50 LEVA website and its future resources34:10 SU: AI-generated discussions about issues in LEVA, 6th Ed.36:00 SU: 6th Ed. updates 37:05 SF: generative AI issues in pending suits40:00 LEVA, 7th Ed.41:30 Feedback from readers of 6th Ed.42:15 Tax issues covered in 6th Ed.45:50 SF: definition of justice47:50 SU: ethical concerns in defining justice to aim for honor 50:00 SF: mark he hopes to be making 50:55 SU: mark he hopes to be making with LEVAPlease share your comments and/or questions at [email protected] by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at [email protected]. Thanks so much for listening!This podcast and its content may not be used for training or developing AI systems without permission.© Stephanie Drawdy [2026]

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