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Law Firm Art Collections: Quality Or Quantity?

Hunting prints are giving way to abstract art in the halls of Biglaw.

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It looks like intestines, but it's actually a painting called 'Wavelength' by Steven Cushner (photo by Washington Business Journal).

It looks like intestines, but it’s actually a painting called ‘Wavelength’ by Steven Cushner, part of the Hogan Lovells collection (photo via the Washington Business Journal).

I can only speak for our clients, but I’ve always wanted them to buy fewer, better artworks. And this has given me a way to actually press for that.

— Jean Efron, an art consultant who works with D.C. law firms, commenting to the Washington Business Journal about how space constraints in newer Biglaw offices have caused firms to acquire fewer (but higher-quality) pieces.

(You can check out a slideshow featuring highlights from the art collections of Hogan Lovells, Sidley Austin, and Sullivan & Cromwell at the WBJ.)

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