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Steven Schindler

Art Lawyer

Steve Schindler is a senior member of Schindler, Cohen & Hochman’s litigation team and the head of SCH’s Art Law Group. This practice has grown steadily over the past decade and combines his formidable litigation expertise and deep knowledge of the art market and its specific legal issues. He regularly advises art galleries, other art related businesses, collectors, artists, and not-for-profit corporations in the art space on transactional matters, such as the sale and acquisition of art and their relationships with dealers, banks and auction houses, and has litigated cases involving the authenticity, title, provenance and appraisals of art. Steve also provides outside general counsel services to art clients, and is the General Counsel to the Appraisers Association of America. He often speaks on legal and industry-sponsored panels relating to current topics in art law, and is a co-host of The Art Law Podcast with Katie Wilson-Milne.

May 20, 2022

Painting a Picture of Art Law

From forgery schemes to Nazi-looted art to patrimony laws to sanctions on Russian oligarchs, Steven Schindler has seen it all. As the leader of Schindler, Cohen & Hochman’s art law group, he proves that one interesting clien…