“The creator of an inflatable artwork which blew away in a County Durham park killing two women will be sentenced later for health and safety breaches.”
BBC News, 26th March 2009
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Archive for the 'artistic works' Category
Dreamspace artist to be sentenced – BBC News
Published March 26, 2009 artistic works , health & safety , news Leave a CommentNo retrial for artist whose inflatable Dreamspace creation led to two deaths – The Guardian
Published March 6, 2009 artistic works , health & safety , homicide , news , retrials Leave a Comment“The artist who created an inflatable artwork which blew away in a high wind, killing two people, will not face a retrial on manslaughter charges, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced this morning.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
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Jury fail to reach verdicts in inflatable artwork trial – The Guardian
Published February 26, 2009 artistic works , health & safety , homicide , news Leave a Comment“The jury in the trial of an artist accused of killing two women when his inflatable sculpture blew away failed to reach verdicts today (25 February).”
The Guardian, 25th February 2009
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Artist guilty over safety charge – BBC News
Published February 24, 2009 artistic works , health & safety , news Leave a Comment“An artist has been found guilty of breaching health and safety rules after his inflatable sculpture blew away in a County Durham park, killing two women.”
BBC News, 24th February 2009
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Musicians celebrate victory as go-ahead given for copyright to be extended to 95 years – The Times
Published February 13, 2009 artistic works , copyright , news Leave a Comment“British musicians were celebrating a major victory last night after a powerful European Parliament committee gave the go-ahead to extend the copyright term for music recordings to 95 years.”
The Times, 13th February 2009
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‘Kerplunk’ sculptor agrees £1.7m court settlement – Daily Telegraph
Published November 18, 2008 artistic works , contracts , negligence , news Leave a Comment“The award-winning designer of the troubled B of the Bang sculpture has agreed to pay back £1.7 million of taxpayers’ money.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008
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Britain ‘should be ashamed of art gift law’ – The Times
Published November 17, 2008 artistic works , news , taxation Leave a Comment“Britain should be ’shamed’ into revising laws that make it easier for American collectors to donate art to our museums and galleries than Britons, the director of the British Museum says today.”
The Times, 15th November 2008
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Artists lobby for royalty rights of the dead – OUT-LAW.com
Published November 13, 2008 artistic works , intellectual property , news Leave a Comment“Artists have unanimously backed a proposal to award resale royalties to artists after their death, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) has said. The art trade has almost unanimously rejected the plan.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th November 2008
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‘Indecent’ Jesus action stopped – BBC News
Published November 11, 2008 artistic works , news , outraging public decency Leave a Comment“An art gallery will not face any legal action over claims it displayed an indecent statue of Jesus Christ.”
BBC News, 10th November 2008
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Action over ‘indecent’ Jesus art – BBC News
Published September 2, 2008 artistic works , news , outraging public decency Leave a Comment“A Christian group is taking an art centre to court, claiming it displayed an indecent statue of Jesus Christ.”
BBC News, 2nd September 2008
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Artists seek royalties for 70 years from grave – The Times
Published May 27, 2008 artistic works , copyright , news Leave a Comment“Britain’s artistic community is battling against leading auction houses and dealers to bring in a law forcing the payment of a royalty on artists’ works for 70 years after their deaths — in line with writers and musicians.”
The Times, 27th May 2008
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Manslaughter charge for artist whose sculpture killed two people – The Times
Published February 14, 2008 artistic works , health & safety , homicide , news Leave a Comment“The creator of an inflatable sculpture that killed two people after breaking free of its moorings was charged with manslaughter yesterday.”
The Times, 14th February 2008
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Great art ‘will be forced abroad by tax law’ – The Times
Published February 11, 2008 artistic works , domicile , news , taxation Leave a Comment“The British public will miss out on seeing some of the greatest works of art in the world because of the Government’s tax plans for nondomiciled foreigners, the director of the Tate said yesterday.”
The Times, 9th February 2008
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Islamic Republic of Iran v Barakat Galleries Ltd – Times Law Reports
Published January 7, 2008 artistic works , conflict of laws , law reports , title to goods Leave a CommentIslamic Republic of Iran v Barakat Galleries Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A claim by a state to recover antiquities which formed part of its national heritage should not be shut out on the ground that an action whose object was to enforce the public law of another state should not be entertained.”
The Times, 7th January 2008
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Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
New law to solve diplomatic row over cancelled art show – The Times
Published December 21, 2007 Russia , artistic works , diplomats , news Leave a Comment“An art exhibition that has become a pawn in the diplomatic game between London and the Kremlin could go ahead after the British Government agreed to fast-track legislation to appease Moscow.”
The Times, 21st December 2007
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Gallery faces lawsuit over Rubens – The Independent
Published December 10, 2007 artistic works , news , theft Leave a Comment“One of Britain’s leading art galleries faces the threat of legal action over three paintings by the 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens from the granddaughter of the works’ former owner who was murdered by the Nazis.”
The Independent, 9th December 2007
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82-year-old art forger sentenced – Reuters
Published November 17, 2007 artistic works , forgery , news , sentencing Leave a Comment“An octogenarian woman and her son were sentenced on Friday for one of the largest, longest lasting and most diverse art scams ever in Britain, forging paintings, sculptures, carvings and statues.”
Reuters, 16th November 2007
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CPS Decision on Baltic Exhibition Photograph – Crown Prosecution Service
Published October 29, 2007 artistic works , children , news , pornography Leave a Comment“Northumbria Crown Prosecution Service has advised Northumbria Police that a photograph seized from an exhibition at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, is not an indecent image.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 26th October 2007
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Christian artist accuses gallery – The Guardian
Published October 8, 2007 artistic works , news , religious discrimination Leave a Comment“Tate Modern has been accused of religious discrimination and institutional anti-Christian bias in its commissioning procedures, by an artist who is taking the gallery to an employment tribunal next month.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2007
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Name your price for the latest Radiohead album – The Times
Published October 2, 2007 artistic works , internet , news , sale of goods 1 Comment“How much would you pay for the new album by one of the world’s most critically acclaimed rock bands? Radiohead are asking fans to put their own price on the group’s long-awaited new release.”
The Times, 2nd October 2007
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Baltic porn probe photos removed – BBC News
Published October 2, 2007 artistic works , children , news , pornography Leave a Comment“A collection of photos at the centre of a police child porn investigation has been removed from the show.”
BBC News, 2nd October 2007
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Seized ‘art porn’ owned by Sir Elton John – Daily Telegraph
Published September 25, 2007 artistic works , children , news , pornography Leave a Comment“A photograph by a controversial American artist which is part of Sir Elton John’s private collection has been seized by police from a gallery on suspicion it may have breached child pornography laws.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2007
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Art exhibit in child porn probe – BBC news
Published September 25, 2007 artistic works , children , news , pornography Leave a Comment“Police have seized an exhibit at the Baltic modern art gallery on Tyneside on the grounds it may have breached child pornography laws.”
BBC News, 24th September 2007
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Guerrilla artist Banksy caught up in eBay fraud – The Guardian
Published September 25, 2007 artistic works , fraud , internet , news Leave a Comment“Banksy, the mysterious graffiti artist who has gone from underground street phenomenon to darling of collectors including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has been embroiled in an eBay scandal.”
The Guardian, 25th September 2007
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