“Making the World Safe for Street Art: Recent Developments”

Panelists: Renée Vara – VARA ART, AAA; Christopher Robinson – Cahill, Cossu, Noh & Robinson LLP; Barry Werbin – Herrick, Feinstein LLP; & Virginia Rutledge – PIPE Arts Group (Moderator)

As 'street art' enters the mainstream, this panel will consider recent legal and market developments related to street art, ranging from:

• Controversies between artists and property owners

• Recent cases and threatened litigation involving copyright and the Visual Artists Rights Act

• Other intellectual property issues including trademark, the rise of licensing and merchandising

• Questions to do with establishing the legal stature and market value of street art

A panel discussion exploring The Visual Artists’ Rights Act, including Renée Vara, Lauren Van Haaften-Schick, Kenneth Pietrobono, Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento & Abram Coetsee.

Moniker Art Fair aims to spotlight emerging and established talent from a burgeoning and increasingly diverse contemporary art movement forged by its subversive and innovative spirit. Moniker Art Fair attracts some of the most talked about artists, galleries and collectors from the finer side of the street art movement and its related subcultures.

APPRAISERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 14TH ANNUAL AWARD LUNCHEON HONORING HANS ULRICH OBRIST

A podcast with the Art Law hosts, Steve Schindler & Katie Wilson-Milne, Art Expert, Renée Vara, and  5Pointz Curator & Artist, Jonathan Cohen AKA Meres One, discussing the history of 5Pointz, the kind of art that went up there, the efforts to save the art and what actually happened. 

Renée Vara spoke at a Christie's Education Risk Management course on her expertise from her over 25 years of experience in the contemporary art world as an art advisor and on her recent experience as the lead art expert for the 5Pointz Vs. G&M Realty Landmark VARA case.