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The interview with Irina Tarsis took place before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Irina is a Russian-speaking American, with Ukrainian and Jewish roots. The events we are witnessing now in connection with the war in Ukraine are heartbreaking. Glory and Peace to Ukraine and Forgiveness and Awakening to Russia.

Cover art: photograph taken in Kyiv art gallery/store circa 2020 by Irina Tarsis.

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SHOW NOTES:

0:00  Irina Tarsis’ decision to attend law school to study art law

1:42  Tarsis’ reasons for pursuing art law

3:05 her work with Soviet nationalizations in the context of law libraries

4:15 Tarsis began studing art history 

4:34  Founding Center for Art Law 

5:17  Center’s growth 

7:20  Center’s Judith Bresler Fellowship 

9:24  Center’s legacy and estate planning clinic 

12:51  clinic’s artists feature series. 

13:42  Artist Molly Dougenis 

14:16  Dougenis’ estate planning

15:00  next clinic about artists dealer relationships with a focus on New York law and will include resale royalty.

16:44  recent NFT case filed in Southern District of New York that involves the Guernica of India 

17:30  many contracts include reference to all future media now known or to be to be invented down the line 

18:00 suit involving Quentin Tarantin’s attempt to mint NFTs 

18:48 future cases in art law 

20:33 teaching at Sotheby's and FIT

23:09  Tarsis’ work with the European Shoah Legacy Institute

24:15  provenance research 

26:50 Portrait of Wally 

28:00  Center’s future mission

30:16 Knoedler Gallery story 

31:45  idea for a Knoedler award 

33:03  creation of a community of artists, art fans, art aficionados, and collectors and attorneys

34:30 fundraising efforts

36:13  career positions in art law

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Music by Toulme.

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