The Art Law Podcast

Steven Schindler, Katie Wilson-Milne

jsantos@schlaw.com

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Booking Overview

This is an interview-led art law podcast focused on legal, ethical, and institutional issues in the art world, typically featuring specialized art attorneys, museum professionals, and cultural-heritage experts. Credible pitches include art lawyers, copyright specialists, museum directors or provenance leaders, cultural-property experts, and attorneys experienced in nonprofit arts governance; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need substantial subject-matter authority but are not necessarily mainstream celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 79

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Instagram: 2.3k followers

Contact Information

jsantos@schlaw.com

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Host

Steven Schindler - Art lawyer specializing in legal issues affecting artists, collectors, museums, and the art market.

Katie Wilson-Milne - Art lawyer specializing in legal, institutional, and policy issues at the intersection of art and law.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Established art attorneys, copyright specialists, museum and provenance professionals, cultural-property experts, and lawyers or institutional leaders with direct experience in significant art-world disputes or governance matters.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership or senior professional roles at major museums, foundations, or art-law practices, Direct involvement in notable art-law cases, institutional disputes, provenance reviews, or cultural-property matters, Substantial expertise in copyright, museum governance, ownership, or art-market regulation

Recent Guest Discussions

Victoria Reed - Provenance Research And Ownership Review At U.s. Museums, Including The Agreement Involving Works By David Drake And His Descendants.

Tom Kline - Museum Provenance Research, Ownership Review, And The Barnes Foundation’s Legal History And Governance.

Nancy Wolff - Copyright Infringement, Substantial Similarity, Photography, Tattoos, And The Ninth Circuit’s Decision In Sedlik V. Von Drachenberg.

Ralph Wellington - The Barnes Foundation’s Origins, Governing Documents, Financial Struggles, Institutional Evolution, And The Legal Doctrines Involved In Changing Its Founding Terms.

Recent Topics

Art Law, Copyright, Museums, Provenance, Cultural Heritage

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Art Law Podcast
:

Museum Provenance Curation and David Drake the Potter

June 15, 2026

Steve and Katie speak with their colleague and return guest Tom Kline and special guest Victoria Reed, the renowned Provenance Curator at the MFA Boston, about the status of provenance research and ownership review at US museums and also the first of its kind agreement between MFA Boston and the descendants of enslaved potter David Drake (aka Dave the Potter) resolving the ownership of two of Drake's monumental stoneware vessels.   Notes for this episode: https://artlawpodcast.com/2026/06/15/...

Ninth Circuit Greenlights Tattoo Copying of Photographs (of Miles Davis at least)

April 27, 2026

Katie and Steve speak with esteemed copyright lawyer Nancy Wolff about the Ninth Circuit case Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, in which photographer Jeffrey Sedlik sued celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D for copyright infringement related to her inking a copy of his photographic portrait of Miles Davis on a friend's arm and publicizing the process on social media. They discuss the Ninth Circuit's unique approach to copyright infringement in applying a subjective (jury-determined) test for substantia...

Barnes Part II: The Legal Battles

February 17, 2026

Katie and Steve continue discussing the Barnes Foundation with attorney Ralph Wellington, who represented the Barnes Foundation during its successful but extremely controversial multi-year effort to amend its founding documents and create a new arts education center in Philadelphia. They discuss the origins of the Foundation, its governing documents, financial struggles, and evolution over the many decades since Albert Barnes' death in 1951, as well as the legal doctrines at play in "breaking...

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