Law A Series of Norman Rockwell Illustrations That Once Hung in the White House Is at the Center of a Legal Battle Between Family Members Rockwell gifted the artworks to FDR’s press secretary in 1943. But who officially owned them after that is the subject of debate. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 17, 2023
Law The New York Art World Had High Hopes for Black Wall Street Gallery. Allegations Against Its Founder Have Soured Those Dreams Artists accuse owner Ricco Wright of failing to pay them nearly $100,000 for the sales of their work. By Zachary Small, Mar 16, 2023
Law A U.S. Judge Dealt a Partial Victory to Sotheby’s in a Long-Running Fraud Case Brought by Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev The judge urged both sides to avoid an 'expensive, risky, and potentially embarrassing' trial. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2023
Law The Joan Mitchell Foundation Claims Louis Vuitton Infringed the American Artist’s Copyright by Including Her Paintings in Advertisements The late Abstract Expressionist's work is currently on view at the luxury brand's foundation in Paris. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 22, 2023
Law The Musée d’Orsay Has Been Ordered to Restitute Paintings by Cézanne, Renoir, and Gauguin That Were Stolen During World War II The artworks are to be returned to the heirs of their one-time owner, Ambroise Vollard. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 17, 2023
Law A Class Action Lawsuit Against a Popular A.I. Art Generator Alleges the App Collects Its Users’ Biometric Information Without Their Permission The complaint says Lensa A.I. illegally extracts users’ facial data to train its models. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 16, 2023
Law Five Archaeological Museums in Greece Have Closed in Protest of a New Law That Puts Them Under Government Control Critics say the new legislation could also threaten the country's efforts to repatriate the Parthenon Marbles. By Artnet News, Feb 15, 2023
Law The Pentagon Has Reversed a Trump-Era Ban on the Release of Art Made by Guantánamo Bay Detainees Under the new policy, outgoing prisoners are allowed to take “a practicable quantity of their art” with them. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 9, 2023
Law Hermès Wins Its Lawsuit Against the Digital Artist Who Made ‘MetaBirkins,’ Setting a Precedent for NFT Copyright Cases Mason Rothschild’s attorney called it a 'terrible day for artists.' By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2023
Law Major U.S. Auction Houses Have Reportedly Been Subpoenaed as Part of a Federal Investigation Into Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs The investigation is probing how Russian tycoons have used art to evade sanctions or launder money. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 3, 2023
Law A French Court Has Refused to Drop Antiquities Smuggling Charges Against Ex-Louvre Director Jean-Luc Martinez Both Martinez and curator Jean-Francois Charnier, who is also ensnared in the allegations, will appeal the decision. By Devorah Lauter, Feb 3, 2023
Law The Brooklyn Gallerist Who Artist Deborah Roberts Is Suing for Copyright Infringement Has Fired Back, Calling It a Case of ‘Punching Down’ Richard Beavers has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 2, 2023
Law A French Court Has Ordered Christie’s to Restitute an Adriaen Van Der Werff Painting That Was Stolen During World War II Parisian collector Lionel Hauser reported the work's theft in 1945. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 1, 2023
Law The U.K. Supreme Court Has Ruled That a Tate Modern Viewing Gallery Is a ‘Nuisance’ to Neighboring Luxury Apartments Residents of the glass-walled apartments that could been seen from the gallery's viewing platform have been living "on display like a zoo," the court finds. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 1, 2023
Law House Republicans Pressure Hunter Biden’s Art Dealer to Turn Over Sales Records and Appear Before a Committee “Your arrangement with Hunter Biden raises serious ethics concerns,” Representative James Comer wrote in a message to Biden’s dealer. By Artnet News, Jan 26, 2023
