The Foundation has made supporting and incentivising rigorous, innovative legal studies in the field of art one of its goals. In pursuit of that objective the Foundation has set up the following projects:
The Professor Uría Foundation has organised this seminar in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture through the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Fine Arts. The seminar promotes the study of art law as a way to contribute to developing and protecting Spain’s rich and varied cultural heritage from a legal perspective, with a particular focus on art.
The eighth Rodrigo Uría Meruéndano Art Law Seminar took place at Uría Menéndez’s auditorium (calle Príncipe de Vergara 187, Madrid) from 7 April until 9 June 2025 (ten weekly sessions, every Monday from 16:00 to 19:30).
Academic management: Agustín González García, lawyer and trustee of the Professor Uría Foundation and Carlos González-Barandiarán y de Muller, Deputy Director-General of Registries and Documentation of Historical Heritage of the Ministry of Culture.
Target audience: preferably legal professionals interested in art law and museum professionals.
Further information can be found at this link.
The Ibero-American Yearbook is an annual publication that brings together the main developments in academic opinion, legislation, case law and literature in the field of art law, as well as other news and materials of interest.
It includes the winning articles from the Rodrigo Uría Meruéndano Art Law Award, along with other selected contributions. These are high-quality works that explore, through originality and expertise, some of the most relevant legal challenges in the art world, particularly in the field of visual arts, where law plays a pivotal role.
2023 Ibero-American Art Law Yearbook
2022 Ibero-American Art Law Yearbook
2021 Ibero-American Art Law Yearbook
2020 Ibero-American Art Law Yearbook
2019 Ibero-American Art Law Yearbook
2018 Ibero-American Art Law Yearbook
2017 Ibero-American Art Law Yearbook
The Award was created in 2014 by Professor Uría Foundation in memory of Rodrigo Uría Meruéndano, the distinguished lawyer and patron of the arts who chaired the Prado Museum’s Board of Trustees (2004–2007) and served as the Foundation’s first president.
The Award seeks to support and promote rigorous, innovative legal research in the field of art, encouraging original legal analysis that contributes to a deeper understanding of the regulatory, institutional and ethical issues affecting cultural heritage and artistic creation.
