London

Hong Kong

Greenwich

New York

Geneva

Milan

New Haven

University of Columbia Kernochan Center October 28, 2011

Pierre Valentin

Artist’s Committees

• Heirs to the artist’s moral rights

• Berne Convention – Article 6bis

• Narrow moral rights in the UK

• Paternity

• Integrity

• Broader moral rights in other European countries

• Magritte, Belgium

• Picasso, France

• de Chirico, Italy

Artist’s Committees

• Natural heirs

• Private foundation or artist’s estate

• Henry Moore Foundation

• Bacon Estate

• Recognised experts

• Wildenstein Institute

• Rodin Committee

Kees Van Dongen

Duménil v Wildenstein Institute and Others Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, 16 September 1999, (unpublished)

Challenge to artist’s committees

Sir Anthony Van Dyck

Drake v Thos Agnew & Sons Ltd 2002

Taylor Lynne Thomson v Christie Manson &

Woods  

High Court 2004

Court of Appeal 2005

Egon Schiele

De Balkany v Christie Manson & Woods 1997

George Stubbs

Luxmoore-May v Messenger May Baverstock 1986