Art and Cultural Heritage

Barbara Hoffman counsels and litigates in the area of art, publishing, entertainment and intellectual property law, representing visual artists, art collectors, museums, directors, writers, film producers, and new media companies. She has acted as legal adviser to various non-profit institutions in the art world, has taught courses on art and law and intellectual property law, and has published extensively in the field. Ms. Hoffman is recent past chair of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Committee on Art Law and current member of the Volunteer Lawyer for the Arts. She participated in CONFU as original chair of the visual image committee and is a co-chair of the International Bar Association's Art, Culture and Intellectual Property Law Committee.

Part I. International Legal Tools and Viewpoints; Part II. Keeping Culture Alive; Part III. International Movement of Art and Cultural Property; Part IV. Protecting the World's Heritage; Part V. A Consideration of Cultural and Natural Heritage Guidelines Applicable to Infrastructure Projects, Mining Operations and their Financing; Part VI. Who Owns the Titanic's Treasures? Protection of the Underwater Archeological/Cultural Heritage; Part VII. Who Owns traditional Knowledge?; Part VIII. Museums and Cultural Heritage; Part IX. Caring and Sharing; Part X. Resolving Cultural Heritage Disputes.