Steve and Katie speak with Italian lawyer Giuseppe Calabi and art historian Sharon Hecker about Italy's cultural patrimony laws granting state institutions control over the use of images of cultural property long in the public domain. They discuss the legal, ethical, and practical issues with such laws and their specific application to uses of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci located at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice and the statue of David by Michelangelo located at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Florence.

Notes for this episode: https://artlawpodcast.com/2024/06/03/italys-expansive-control-over-cultural-heritage/

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