About
The firm represents collectors, art dealers, claimants, auction houses and museums in matters relating to art and cultural property law.
It advises clients on a wide range of issues, including the purchase and sale of important artworks privately or at public auction, museum exhibitions and collections management policies, and the use of art as loan collateral. The firm also assists clients with issues related to insurance and intellectual property, among other things. Notable transactions that Lord has worked on include the sale of paintings to the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Frank Lord has a law degree from Columbia Law School, a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an undergraduate degree from Davidson College. While at Columbia, he was a teaching assistant at the legal clinic for the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in New York and served as the Articles Editor of The Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts. At UNC-Chapel Hill, he was a teaching assistant and an instructor for undergraduate classes. Lord also served as Secretary of the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
Lord speaks frequently on a variety of topics, and has lectured for Brooklyn Law School, Columbia Law School, Davidson College, DePaul University College of Law, Elon University, The Firenze Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Harvard Law School, The New York County Lawyers Association, The University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
In addition to his life-long interest in the visual arts, Lord is a long-time follower of Downtown New York performance. He collects ceramics, with a focus on works by outsider artists.