New York Times Features Channah Norman on Artist’s ‘Absurd Civic Engagement’

The New York Times featured Channah Norman, co-chair of Shook’s Art Law Practice in an article, examining conceptual artist Jill Magid’s latest project, “With Full Consent,” which uses a novel federal process to make her body of work accessible through the public record.

Magid worked to have her 275-page monograph recognized through a U.S. State Department process that protects culturally significant artwork on international loan. The process resulted in an official notice published in the Federal Register declaring the work “of cultural significance.”

The project ultimately used a decades-old legal mechanism designed to protect significant artwork from seizure while on loan to the United States. Magid worked with the Pompidou Center in Paris, Calder Gardens and the Barnes Foundation to navigate the process.

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