Across these pages, you’ll find work on repatriation and cultural heritage, AI and copyright, fractional and tokenized ownership, deaccessioning, impact investing, and the great wealth transfer reshaping today’s art markets. We are not an academic journal—and that’s intentional. Our director, fellows, and contributors around the world write short, well‑sourced pieces meant to be read, engaged with, and put to use.
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September 2, 2026 By Joanna Ong, J.D. Berkeley Law ’25 |
August 10, 2026 The Importance of Visualising Best Practices: A Precondition for Scaling Social Impact Investment By Martina Bosi, Fellow at the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
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August 10, 2026 Art, Commerce, and Cultural Heritage: Cross-Border Transactions Involving India By Roshnek Dhalla, Partner at Khaitan & Co |
June 12, 2026 2026 Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Symposium at SFMOMA Takeaways By Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project Staff |
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June 2, 2026 The 97% Problem: What AR and VR Could Mean for Museums, Artists, and the Law By Delia Violante, Founding Director of the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
May 15, 2026 Deaccessioning Across the Atlantic: Between Autonomy and Constraint By Giulia Picci, Fellow at Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
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May 14, 2026 Impact Investing at the Intersection of Arts and Health: An Opportunity for Unlocking Public Benefit By Martina Bosi, Senior Associate at Pavia e Ansaldo |
May 10, 2026 What the Walls Were Saying (and the Stage, Too) By Delia Violante, Founding Director of the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
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March 26, 2026 By Delia Violante, Founding Director of the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
February 27, 2026 Novel Governing Documents for Fractional Art Investments By Joanna Ong, J.D. Berkeley Law ’25 |
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February 23, 2026 By Pedro Andrés Videla Hermansen, LL.M., Berkeley Law ’25; Head of Data Privacy & Emerging Technologies at Johansson & Langlois |
February 12, 2026 How a Mother’s Wardrobe Became a Museum and a Living Archive of Mexico’s Traditional Textiles By Paris Quetzal Sistilli, Graduate of the Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris Dual BA |
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January 26, 2026 What Happens When $83 Trillion Changes Hands—and Nobody Wants the Art? By Delia Violante, Founding Director of the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
December 22, 2025 Should Artwork Have Legal Rights? By Delia Violante, Founding Director of the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
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November 9, 2025 A New Chapter? The Hudson’s Bay Company and Cultural Patrimony in Bankruptcy Auctions By Robin Willscheidt, Fellow at the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
November 1, 2025 In a War-Torn Sudan, One Man Fights to Preserve the Nation’s Cultural Heritage By Paris Quetzal Sistilli, Graduate of the Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris Dual BA |
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October 15, 2025 Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project Hosts Discussion on Trademark Parody After Jack Daniel’s By Delia Violante, Founding Director of the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
October 10, 2025 Giorgio Armani’s Fashion Heritage and Cultural Heritage Preservation By Felicia Caponigri, Legal Scholar and Academic at Marquette University Law School |
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September 24, 2025 The Promises and Perils of Virtual Repatriation By Giulia Picci, Fellow at Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
September 3, 2025 Through the Lens of Justice: Tina Modotti’s Revolutionary Vision By Delia Violante, Founding Director of the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
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August 29, 2025 Collective Memory and Memory Laws By Paris Quetzal Sistilli, Graduate of the Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris Dual BA |
July 22, 2025 From Berkeley to Lucca: Why Art Needs More Than Just Artists By Delia Violante, Founding Director of the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
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May 25, 2025 Nailing Down the Federal Arts Framework: How It’s Hanging By Robin Willscheidt, Fellow at Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
May 22, 2025 2025 Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Symposium at SFMOMA Recap By Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Staff |
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May 22, 2025 A Changing Landscape in the Return of Cultural Property: Is a New Customary Rule in the Making? By Giulia Picci, Fellow at Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project |
May 16, 2024 2024 Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Symposium at SFMOMA Recap By Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Staff |
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May 16, 2024 2024 Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Symposium at SFMOMA Recap By Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Staff |
February 14, 2024 By Eleanor Iris Gartstein, JD Candidate, UC Berkeley Law |
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August 22, 2023 Court Says No Human Author, No Copyright By Heather Whitney, Product Counsel at OpenAI |
December 26, 2022 US and EU Regulation on Fractionalized NFTs – Navigating Unchartered Waters By Antonia Von Appen, Lawyer in Digital Law, AI and Blockchain Technology |