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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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Texas Authorities Drop Charges Against Sally Mann and Fort Worth Museum
03/26/2025
ArtNet
Quoted: Amy Adler
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Updates on Art, Free Speech, and Government Censorship
03/25/2025
Art Law Podcast
Expert: Amy Adler
Fort Worth police confirm seizure of Sally Mann photos from museum, a move rarely seen nationally
02/03/2025
KERA
Quoted: Amy Adler
"Is Maurizio Cattelan’s New Work a Bit Too Similar to Sculptures by Anthony James?"
04/29/2024
ArtNet
Expert: Amy Adler
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"Judd or Dud: Can You Tell the Difference?"
04/29/2024
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
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"Conservatives Called Her Artwork ‘Obscene.’ She’s Back for More."
12/06/2023
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
"Former hospital president claims ‘unlawful’ dismissal over nude art event"
09/20/2023
The Art Newspaper
Expert: Amy Adler
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"Who Gets to Wear G-Strings Now?"
07/16/2023
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
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"Warhol Fair Use Ruling Reframes Appropriation Art Legal Fights"
05/30/2023
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Amy Adler
"Did the Supreme Court’s Warhol Decision Further Complicate Copyright Law? Experts Weigh in on the Ruling’s Ramifications"
05/26/2023
Artnet
Expert: Amy Adler
"The Supreme Court’s Warhol Decision Just Changed the Future of Art"
05/26/2023
Art in America
Author: Amy Adler
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"Ruling Against Warhol Shouldn’t Hurt Artists. But It Might."
05/19/2023
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
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"High Court's Warhol Ruling Poses New Concerns For Artists"
05/18/2023
Law360
Expert: Amy Adler
"In a Landmark Ruling Against the Andy Warhol Foundation, the Supreme Court Has Sided With Photographer Lynn Goldsmith"
05/18/2023
Artnet
Expert: Amy Adler
Wall Street Journal
"Virtual Birkin Bags on Trial in Hermès Case Testing IP Rights"
01/30/2023
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Amy Adler
"Analysis: Banksyland and the proliferation of the immersive art ‘experience’"
12/04/2022
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Expert: Amy Adler
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"4 Things To Know About The Warhol Copyright Battle"
10/06/2022
Law360
Expert: Amy Adler
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"Warhol-Prince Photo Case Brings Fair Use Fight to High Court"
03/28/2022
Bloomberg Law
Expert: Amy Adler
"Obsessed With the ‘Bad Art Friend’ Case? We Are, Too. Here’s How a Recent Art Copyright Decision Could Shape the Outcome"
10/07/2021
Artnet
Expert: Amy Adler
" LIFE Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ was edgy but is now deemed sinister"
09/20/2021
Business Day
Expert: Amy Adler
Bloomberg News
"Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Still Provokes a Debate Over Decency"
09/18/2021
Bloomberg
Expert: Amy Adler
"Picturing the Public Interest"
09/01/2021
Los Angeles Review of Books
Expert: Amy Adler
"Who Owns the Teen Girl Aesthetic?"
07/14/2021
Pitchfork
Expert: Amy Adler
New York Times
"What Is Going on With Olivia Rodrigo and Courtney Love?"
06/30/2021
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
New York Times
"Why Do People Want Jeff Bezos to Buy and Eat the Mona Lisa?"
06/18/2021
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
"Six Artists Are Suing a Property Owner for Painting Over Beloved Murals at a Famed San Francisco Gay Bar During Pride Month"
11/18/2020
ArtNet
Expert: Amy Adler
"A Print, a 'Pajama Dressing' Brand, and a Copyright Lesson in the Age of Instagram"
03/23/2020
The Fashion Law
Experts: Amy Adler and Jeanne Fromer
"Copyright Law and Art: Legal Scholar Amy Adler in Conversation with Artist Jill Magid"
02/18/2020
Art News
Expert: Amy Adler
"Cleveland Is Paying $225,000 to a Man Who Burned the American Flag"
06/14/2019
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
"Of course women can fantasize about domination but still insist on consent"
02/06/2018
Washington Post
Expert: Amy Adler
"Cady Noland Sues Seeking Destruction of Artwork 'Copy' She Disavowed"
07/21/2017
Artsy
Expert: Amy Adler
"What Happens When Art Threatens the President"
06/22/2017
Artsy
Expert: Amy Adler
"Harvard Revokes Admission of Several Students for Posting ‘Offensive’ Memes"
06/05/2017
NBC News
Expert: Amy Adler
"On Frank Ocean And 'Fearless Girl,' Or: Who Owns Art?"
05/11/2017
Nylon
Experts: Amy Adler; Amanda Levendowsky, Technology Law & Policy Clinic
"Could Libel Laws Change Under President Trump?"
05/02/2017
ABC News
Expert: Amy Adler
"Can the 'Charging Bull' sculptor control his artwork's meaning?"
04/14/2017
The Christian Science Monitor
Expert: Amy Adler
"Fearless Girl Face-off Poses a New Question: Does the Law Protect an Artist’s Message?"
04/13/2017
Artsy
Expert: Amy Adler
"5Pointz Graffiti Artists Get Their Day in Court Over Destruction of Murals"
04/06/2017
Artnet News
Expert: Amy Adler
"How Art and Law Can Work Together Beyond the Marketplace"
01/13/2017
Hyperallergic
Expert: Amy Adler
"Art Law Experts Explain the Highly Confusing Peter Doig Authentication Case"
08/29/2016
Art Net
Expert: Amy Adler
"US Judge: Renowned Artist Didn't Create Disputed Painting"
08/23/2016
ABC
Expert: Amy Adler
" Latest: Artist says 'justice prevailed' in painting trial"
08/23/2016
Washington Post
Expert: Amy Adler
"A Master Painter Is Trying to Prove in Court That He Didn't Paint This Painting"
08/08/2016
Gawker
Expert: Amy Adler
"Facing lawsuit, Peter Doig must prove desert painting is not his work"
08/05/2016
The Globe and Mail
Expert: Amy Adler
"Peter Doig Says He Didn’t Paint This. Now He Has to Prove It."
07/07/2016
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
"How Much Control Do Artists Have over a Work after It’s Sold?"
06/21/2016
Artsy
Expert: Amy Adler
"Did Damien Hirst Copy Jewelry Designer’s Pill Necklaces?"
06/16/2016
Daily Beast
Expert: Amy Adler
"Artist Challenges Genesis of Duke Riley’s Illuminated-Pigeon Project"
05/27/2016
New York Times
Expert: Amy Adler
"Dutch Artist Claims Duke Riley’s Brooklyn Pigeon Performance Was His Idea"
05/27/2016
Art Forum
Expert: Amy Adler
"Billionaires Are Allowed to Pay for People to Sue Their Enemies"
05/25/2016
Bloomberg
Expert: Amy Adler