Legal Needs: Copyright and Other Legal Concerns

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007, 6:30-8:00pm
Speaker: John Koegel of The Koegel Group, LLP

John Koegel, a lawyer and former General Counsel at the Museum of Modern Art, has been specializing exclusively on representing artists and art galleries for the past 25 years. He will primarily address the subject of copyright law. Particular attention will be given to the subject of fair use which allows artists the right to use existing imagery in the creation of new work (since Mr. Koegel recently helped Jeff Koons prevail in a lawsuit against him for his use of a portion of a photograph in a painting that Koons created for the Guggenheim Museum). Mr. Koegel will also be available to discuss a range of other topics that may be of interest to those in attendance such as problems that arise between artists and galleries. So be sure to bring your questions for an in-depth Q&A session.