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UNESCO: Culture

This part of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) website provides information on the organisation’s cultural initiatives which include safeguarding historic sites, promoting creativity and supporting artistic innovation. There is information on the various international cultural funds supported by UNESCO, other international initiatives, international days and conferences. All conventions on culture are available in full text.

Restitution and Repatriation: A Practical Guide for Museums in England

Online guide produced by the Institute of Art and Law and made freely available on the Arts Council website. The guide aims to provide best practice advice for museums responding to restitution and repatriation cases. The guide was updated in 2026 and includes sections on provenance research, dealing with a claim and implementing the outcome. There are case studies, templates and checklists and references to relevant national and international legal instruments.

Cardozo arts and entertainment law journal

The Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal was founded in 1982, and is currently published three times each academic year by students of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, under the aegis of the Cardozo Intellectual Property Law Program. Articles are published on entertainment law and related areas including First Amendment law, telecommunications law, sport law, and all areas of intellectual property law. The website includes tables of contents from volume 1 (1982) onwards and full-text access to most articles.

Institute of Art and Law

The Institute of Art and Law (IALS) is a UK-based independent body dedicated to art law and cultural property law. It organises seminars on topics related to art and law for lawyers, historians, collectors, dealers, museum officials and others; it also offers a master's degree (LLM) in art law as well as other qualifications. The IAL website provides news updates on art and cultural heritage and gives details of IAL events and publications, including the institute's journal, Art Antiquity and Law. The site includes links to related art law sites.

Images of Justice

The Images of Justice website is produced by Canadian based artist Trevor Goring who has compiled a collection of pictures covering a range of legal subjects and portraits of lawyers. Most of the paintings are by Trevor Goring and are grouped by subject including women in law, pre-Christian law, antiquity and European law, justice USA and portraits in law. The paintings can also be browsed by title. There is information about the subject of each picture along with details of how to obtain prints, note cards or digital images.

Artlaw

Online version of the Artlaw column from Art Monthly, which is written by barrister Henry Lydiate. The archive, which is hosted by the Artquest website, goes back to 1976. It can be browsed by topic, including art after death, artists' resale right, censorship, contracts, copyright, money, public policy and commissions, studios, and ways of working. There is also a keyword search facility. Artquest is an information hub for artists.
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