Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property Volume 12 Issue 2 Article 2 7-1-2013 Recognized Stature: Protecting Street Art as Cultural Property Griffin M. Barnett Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/ckjip Part of the Intellectual Property Law Commons Recommended Citation Griffin M. Barnett, Recognized Stature: Protecting Street Art as Cultural Property, 12 Chi. -Kent J. Intell. Prop. 204 (2013). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/ckjip/vol12/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property by an authorized editor of Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. RECOGNIZED STATURE: PROTECTING STREET ART AS CULTURAL PROPERTY Griffin M. Barnett INTRODUCTION I was very embarrassed when my canvases began to fetch high prices, I saw myself condemned to a future of painting nothing but masterpieces. —Henri Matisse1 Copyright © 2013, Griffin Barnett; Chicago-Kent College of Law. Associate, Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP, Washington, DC. The author holds a JD, cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law and a BA in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University. The author would like to thank his family and friends for their unwavering love and support, and Professor Joshua J. Kaufman for providing the impetus for writing this Article. ** Photograph provided by Fine Art Auctions Miami. 1 Frequently asked questions, BANKSY, http://web.archive.org/web/2013062716574 1/http://www.banksy.co.uk/QA/qaa.html (accessed by searching http://www.banksy.co.