Does VARA Prevent a School from Covering a Pair of Murals ...

An amicus brief filed by the Vermont ACLU argued that interpreting VARA as Kerson advocates would compel the school to continue to display the ...

Second judge rules that Vermont Law School did not violate artist's ...

“To this end, authors of qualifying works of visual art may invoke VARA to prevent the modification and destruction of their art, albeit with ...

Visual Artists Rights Act Does Not Prohibit Covering Murals

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed that the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) does not prohibit covering an ...

Painting Over Controversy: Navigating VARA and ... - ArentFox Schiff

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Vermont Law School's decision to cover a pair of murals, which the school and many of ...

2d Circuit: Despite Artist's Objection, Law School Can Cover Murals ...

But the law doesn't require the school to display the art in perpetuity, and permanently hiding it doesn't run afoul of VARA, a three-judge panel of the US ...

Can Vermont Law School Cover Its 'Racist' Mural? Second Circuit ...

“Authors of qualifying works of visual art may invoke VARA to prevent the modification and destruction of their art, albeit with some exceptions ...

Vermont Law School Is Right to Cover Over a Controversial Mural

The plan to cover the mural doesn't censor Kerson by prohibiting him from producing work nor does it permanently destroy the mural. VARA legal ...

Second Circuit Rejects Claim That Obscuring Murals Violates VARA

After concluding that the murals could not be removed without destroying them, the law school decided to cover the murals with panels that would ...

Artist's lawsuit against school that sought to cover up his murals ...

VARA requires art to be seen. When you block people from seeing it, you are prejudicing the artist's reputation.” He added that if the district ...

Update: Controversial Murals Can Be Covered Up Without Violating ...

The Visual Artists Rights Act (“VARA”) poses no bar to Vermont Law School's concealment of controversial murals, per a recent Second Circuit ...

Street Art: Growing Clarity on VARA's Applicability to Unsanctioned ...

Unlike traditional copyright law, VARA grants artists the right to attribution and integrity, and to prevent the destruction of their work. ... In the context of ...

New York Appeals Court Rejects Visual Artist's Claim Based on ...

The lower court refused to issue an injunction against concealment, and ultimately granted summary judgment to the Law School, which then ...

The Commodity of Colored Bricks: The Limitations of Art in the Real ...

The most prominent law regarding the protection and removal of murals is the Visual Artist Rights Act (VARA).VARA was enacted in 1990 as an ...

Does VARA Prevent an Institution From Obscuring a Visual Work ...

After concluding that the murals could not be removed without destroying them, the law school decided to cover the murals with panels that would ...

Remedying VARA's Exclusion of Visual Art with Functional Qualities

ABSTRACT: The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”) grants certain moral rights to creators of statutorily enumerated “visual art.”.

Kerson v. Vermont Law School, Inc., No. 21-2904 (2d Cir. 2023)

Further, the court held that VARA does not prohibit the permanent concealment of a work of art, absent any physical change to the work itself.

Artist's Murals Depicting Slavery Can Be Covered Up, Judge Says

According to Judge Livingston's opinion, hiding the murals behind a barrier “neither modifies nor destroys them” and VARA does “not mandate the ...

Pre & Post VARA: A Study of the Protection of Public Art

Works created after the effective date will be covered.” Prior to the enactment of VARA, cases such as Richard Serra v. US General Services ...

Vermont Law School Can Conceal Murals Deemed Racially ...

A judge has upheld that Vermont Law School can cover two murals that students say contain racist caricatures, against the artist's wishes.

Second Circuit's Decision in Kerson v. Vermont Law School May ...

Subsequently, on October 20, 2021, the court granted summary judgment in the School's favor, finding that VARA does not prohibit permanent ...