Greetings!
This is the inaugural issue of Canvas, a newsletter dedicated to the art world and its intersections with law, finance, technology, and culture. If you like what you see and want to keep receiving this newsletter in the future, make sure to subscribe here.
Canvas is a project of the Berkeley Center for Law and Business, which is establishing itself as an international authority on matters at the intersection of art, finance, and law. The center, and Canvas, will serve as a hub for academic research to educate students and other constituencies with an interest in the field.
In May 2022, we hosted our inaugural symposium and in the coming weeks we will announce the date for the 2023 symposium - stay tuned!
Delia Violante
Berkeley Center for Law and Business
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Cece Carpio - When She Rises, 2016 - Acrylic and enamel on canvas
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Berkeley Law Faculty Weighs in on Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith
Professor Pamela Samuelson weighs in on the long-simmering litigation on copyright infringement that reached the U.S. Supreme Court last month, with possibly profound consequences for creators throughout the art world. Read More>
The recent paper Misreading Campbell: Lessons for Warhol, co-authored by Professor Peter Menell, suggests that the Court in Andy Warhol Foundation would benefit from a close reading of Campbell, which presciently foreshadowed and thoughtfully addressed the very questions before it today: fair use, transformative use, and copyright. Read More>
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Java Man at the Center of an International Restitution Battle
The NYT recently wrote how Java Man, the first known specimen of Homo erectus, long considered a “missing link” between humans and apes, is part of a popular display on human evolution making it a focal point of an international restitution battle. But that is not all - Java Man raised another important question: who owns prehistory? Read More>
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Art [Funds] as Alternative Investments
The latest Art and Finance Report 2021 from Deloitte brings up some important new developments in the art market. During the pandemic the industry received a high level of investor interest; nonfungible tokens (NFTs) gained ground as an alternative investments. According to the report, 33% of wealth managers said their clients had expressed an increased interest in nonfungible tokens (NFTs), fractional ownership (29%), art investment funds (25%), and social impact investment in culture (21%). Read More>
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What AI-Generated Art Really Means for Human Creativity
According to Wire.com, our machines have crossed a threshold. People are now using a new breed of AIs to generate stunning, never-before-seen pictures. Read More>
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Meet the Artist: Cece Carpio
Using acrylic, ink, aerosol and installations, Cece Carpio tells stories of immigration, ancestry, collective movements and our stories of resilience. A San Francisco Bay Area resident, Cece is inspired by the cultural potency of communities of color and of our prominent history of social movements that have become influential expressions for the rest of the world to see. The unique and complex narratives in the Bay Area have been in the forefront of creativity invigorating popular culture and allowing communities to imagine and create another world possible. As a visual storyteller, she paints to lift up her communities, share their stories and provoke the power of their imagination. Read More>
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