Current Awareness

“The creator of an inflatable sculpture that killed two people after breaking free of its moorings was charged with manslaughter yesterday.”

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The Times, 14th February 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“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.”

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The Times, 9th February 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Islamic 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

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

“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.”

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The Times, 21st December 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“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.”

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The Independent, 9th December 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

“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.”

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Reuters, 16th November 2007

Source: www.reuters.com

“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.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 26th October 2007

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

“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.”

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The Guardian, 8th October 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

“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.”

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The Times, 2nd October 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

“A collection of photos at the centre of a police child porn investigation has been removed from the show.”

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BBC News, 2nd October 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“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.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2007

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“Police have seized an exhibit at the Baltic modern art gallery on Tyneside on the grounds it may have breached child pornography laws.”

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BBC News, 24th September 2007

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

“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.”

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The Guardian, 25th September 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk