Art and Copyright Law

An Interdisciplinary Study on Interpictoriality

Giulia Walter

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Routledge
08 May 2025

The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; International law; Copyright law

Series: Intellectual Property, Theory, Culture

This book tackles the lack of synchronicity between art and copyright law, proposing practical and interdisciplinary tools through which to navigate this conflict.

In the last decades, high profile lawsuits have been filed against artists accused of plagiarism including Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger and Andy Warhol. This book demonstrates how these cases are at odds with contemporary artistic reality, in which the use of antecedent visual forms is common practice. Focusing on the dichotomies of “original/copy” and of “old/new”, this work addresses this phenomenon from both theoretical as well as legal perspectives. Using Swiss copyright law as the main case study, the book comparatively assesses other international legal frameworks. Through understanding the origins of the conflict between art and copyright, the book highlights solutions to navigate copyright cases with a new methodological approach.

The book will be of interest to researchers in the field of art and copyright law, intellectual property and art.

By: Giulia Walter
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032974484
ISBN 10: 1032974486
Series: Intellectual Property, Theory, Culture
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 08 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Giulia Walter, PhD, is a lawyer based in Zurich, Switzerland. She studied law at the universities of Lucerne, Geneva and Vienna and obtained a PhD at the University of Zurich. Specializing in art law and intellectual property law, her research strives to adopt an interdisciplinary approach bridging between the disciplines of law, (legal) sociology and art theory. In her work, she has in particular engaged with Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory, which allows to accurately describe the interactions of different autonomous social systems (like art and law) by preserving their differences and analyzing their reciprocal expectations.