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Art and Museum Law Services


Today, art law includes much more than ownership, copyright and authentication issues.
The law office of Kate Fitz Gibbon works in these areas and in:


Client, Artist, and Gallery Relations

  • Artist - Gallery - Contracts for consignment, exhibition, sale, and loan agreements.
  • Client - Gallery - Contracts, guarantees, secure transactions.
  • Authentication and appraisal matters.
Cultural Heritage Issues
  • Compliance with laws affecting importation and sale of antiquities and ethnographic art.
  • Compliance with state and federal laws regarding human remains and illegally excavated materials.
  • Acquisition, transfer and ownership of Native American artifacts and global antiquities and ethnographic art.
  • Purchasing artworks in the U.S. or overseas.
  • Protections for endangered species.
Museum Law
  • Nonprofit corporations and fiduciary issues.
  • Assistance for donors and benefactors.
  • Donation planning, documentation, and negotiation.
  • International and domestic cultural property issues affecting museums from NAGPRA to CPIA


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