Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, Inc. v. Büchel
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 27, 2010No. 08-2199PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
As one observer has noted, this case, which raises important and unsettled legal issues under the Visual Artists Rights Act (“VARA”), may well serve as “the ultimate how-not-to guide in the complicated world of installation art.” Geoff Edgers, Dismantled, The Boston Globe, Oct. 21, 2007, at IN. Artist Christoph Büchel conceived of an ambitious, football-field-sized art installation entitled “Training Ground for Democracy,” which was to be exhibited at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (“MASS MoCA,” or “the Museum”). Unfortunately, the parties never memorialized…
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