Editors' Introduction: Art beyond Copyright

Noam M. Elcott is Associate Professor for the history of modern art at Columbia University. He is the author of Artificial Darkness: An Obscure History of Modern Art and Media and is at work on two books: Art™: A History of Modern Art, Authenticity, and Trademarks and Photography, Identity, Status: August Sander's People of the Twentieth Century.

Amy Adler, the Emily Kempin Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, is one of the leading scholars of Art Law in the U.S. She teaches Art Law and Free Speech Law at NYU Law. Adler's scholarship focuses on the persistent conflict between legal rules and artistic expression. Her recent scholarship explores the role of copying—and copyright law—in contemporary culture.