THE ART LAW FIRM®
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  • Museum with Ancient Statues

    Antiquities

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Art Law Firm

Donna N.Y Building
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The Art Law Firm® is an internationally recognized practice for pioneering clients in arts, technology, architecture, fashion, design, publishing, entertainment. The Art Law Firm® approach to our clients is analytical thinking, creative solutions and practical approaches, embodied in the Art Law Firm’s motto Successful Strategies for Creative Endeavors.™  

The hallmark of the Art Law Firm® is offering our clients Informed options to achieve their goals. The flexibility and positioning of the Art Law Firm and its teams and networks assure delivery of accessible, personalized counsel and trusted advice, informed by extensive experience in the art markets and tailored to the client’s unique situation and circumstances.

Practice areas of the Art Law Firm® include licensing, copyright, trademark, international law, moral rights, VARA, First Amendment, corporate and nonprofit law, publicity rights, contracts, estates and trusts. More info about the Firm. 

The Principal

Mark Rothko No. 14 (1960)
Courtesy of SF Museum of Art
Darraby Curatorial Museum Tour
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Alexandra Darraby, founder and principal of the Art Law Firm®, is a dynamic entrepreneur and counselor to pioneering clients,  selected again by Super Lawyers,® named Best of LEGAL LA 2026, and a 2026 recipient of Faculty Excellence in Education Award. 

https://www.superlawyers.com/about Thomson Reuters West celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Darraby on Art Law, the seminal, multivolume treatise that sets the standard in the field and brands her as a successful innovator in culture and law. https://store.legal.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/Treatises/Darraby-on-Art-Law-2024-ed/p/107047808 The Commission on Women in the Profession memorialized the founding of the Art Law Firm under her unique skill set, leadership and business acumen. https://www.americanbar.org/

Model industry agreements created by Alexandra are used in various art fields, including curation and conservation.  Alexandra has expertise in innovative strategies on intellectual property, technology, estates and trusts, publishing, production, distribution, and licensing.

Alexandra, a gallerist and curator, trained as attorney in corporate, tax and non-profit law at a large transnational firm, where she represented clients in complex multiparty litigation in state, federal and appellate courts.  For Art Law Firm clients she has succeeded in winning attorneys’ fees awards, achieving  benchmark auction results, and earning national recognition for legacy museum gifts and acquisitions.  

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Darraby on Art Law

Darraby on Art Law: Art, Artifacts, Architecture & Museums
Photo: © Peter Brown 2024

2026–Thomson Reuters West proudly celebrates publication of the 30th Edition ofDarraby on Art Law by art law lawyer Alexandra Darraby.  Available in print and as a multivolume set from Westlaw and online by subscription, Darraby on Art Law is the platinum standard for all those working in creative industries.  Darraby on Art Law is considered a “must-have,” a bible for lawyers, government officials, arts professionals, and creators.  

  • Volume I     Art, Artifacts, Architecture, & Museums  
  • Volume II   Moral Rights, Copyright, Property Rights, & Culture 
  • Volume III   Reference materials   

Darraby on Art Law covers the arc from antiquities to artificial intelligence (AI) and seamlessly integrates new technology cases and regulations into the realities of the art trade, auctions, fashion, music, publishing, entertainment, and architecture. Written in a direct, accessible style that is as clear and empowering to museums and ateliers as it is to lawyers and courts, Darraby on Art Law provides newest, seminal cases, laws, regulations, statutes, and treaties. 

Visit  for details or purchase: https://store.legal.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/products/darraby-on-art-law-full-set-30920080

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For those affected by fires and dislocations,   no doubt this is a disorienting time. We at the Art Law Firm hope    that you and your families are safe. Although much of our work honors legacy,   life and safety are paramount over property.  However, if and when a time comes for you to submit claims or valuations for artworks and/or collections, we are here to provide counsel.   Our contact information can be found Here

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