February 2016

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  • Bring Antique Furniture Back to Life

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    Tips for preserving the integrity of your furniture. When you need to restore a well-loved piece of furniture, consider your options. Are you looking to preserve a museum-quality antique or simply lend new life to a worn but still-functional piece? If your choice is the latter, any good refinisher or upholsterer can do the trick. […]

  • Authenticating Art With Bioengineered DNA: The IP Issues

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    Exerpts from Article. Law360, New York (November 2, 2015, 11:43 AM ET) — Recently making the rounds in the media circuit are reports on a fascinating new authentication system that would allow living artists to effectively “sign” their artworks with very small amounts of synthetic DNA. This new authentication system is encompassed more broadly within […]

  • Artists Need to Protect Their Work From Theft

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    In the “Selected Collections” of his resume, Irvine, California artist Jeffrey Frisch lists a variety of private buyers of his work and one “Anonymous Thief,” referring to the person who stole one of his sculptures from an exhibition. That’s putting a good face on the fact that the $500 artwork was uninsured, so all that […]

  • Art Forgers Beware: DNA Could Thwart Fakes

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    By TOM MASHBERG OCT. 12, 2015 The artist Eric Fischl remembers the time a friend waved a catalog at him to alert him that one of his paintings was up for auction for six figures in London. In reality, the work was a fake, but so convincing, Mr. Fischl said, “I thought I was losing my mind.” Brushes with forgery […]