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15Sep2019

What do we deal with when talking about Art Law and Cultural Law? Clarifying concepts…

15 September, 2019

The Art Law and the Cultural Law are legal specialities today consolidated; however, there is still a lot of lack of knowledge about what is their scope and what aspects they refer to.

Cultural Law as an autonomous branch of Law began to be used by the end of the 20th century to identify the set of provisions of the Legal System that referred to culture as a reality with legal content¹. In these first years, the scope of the term was practically limited to the internal national sphere of each State and was mainly identified with the constitutional treatment of the culture and its derived rights.

28Sep2018

Rules and regulations for the copyists of the Prado Museum

28 September, 2018

Marta Suárez-Mansilla

copyists, Prado Museum, rights of copy Art History, News

When we visit a large museum that houses world-renowned works, it is common to find in its halls some artists who practice their skills copying the great masters. It is inevitable not to contemplate how this beautiful process develops and to pay attention to the details that the copyist decided to reproduce. This live experience makes us aware of how much it takes to undertake a painting, of the years of study needed and of the dedication that being a good artist requires.

13Feb2017

And finally… Will the UK ratify the 1954 Hague Convention?

13 February, 2017

Marta Suárez-Mansilla

Cultural Heritage, Hague Convention, Restitution, UK News

Unfortunately, the 1954 Hague Convention is again in full force since the recent confrontation in Syria has once again exposed the vulnerability of cultural heritage. The Convention, drafted after the devastating destructive effects of cultural goods produced during the World War II, sought to synthesise a shared desire that such losses would not recur in the future.