Art and Law A Court Just Stopped a Danish Luxury Company From Shredding a $90,000 Tal R Painting and Using It to Decorate Its Watches It's a resounding victory for the painter, and for any artist whose work might be abused for commercial purposes. By Caroline Elbaor, Dec 2, 2019
Art and Law Police Plan to Seize a Rotterdam Museum’s 16th-Century Altarpiece Fragments After a Church Claimed They Were Stolen The sculptures disappeared from a Belgian church in 1914. Now it wants them back. By Naomi Rea, Nov 26, 2019
Art and Law Amid a Nationwide Push for Museum Workers’ Rights, the Staff of LA MOCA Is Unionizing The museum's senior management says it does "not believe that this union is in the best interest of our employees or the museum." By Naomi Rea, Nov 25, 2019
Art and Law The Scandal Engulfing Dealer Inigo Philbrick Widens Amid New Accusations That He Duped the Buyer of a $12 Million Basquiat To date, three separate judges have approved requests from three separate plaintiffs to freeze Philbrick's assets. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 22, 2019
Art and Law Axed Marciano Art Foundation Employees Are Planning Nationwide Black Friday Protests at Guess Clothing Shops The action comes after a series of demonstrations around Los Angeles. By Maxwell Williams, Nov 22, 2019
Art and Law Metal Detectorists Discovered a $15.4 Million Viking Hoard. Instead of a Reward, They Are Now Going to Jail for Theft The trove, much of which is still missing, could rewrite early English history. By Kate Brown, Nov 22, 2019
Art and Law $300 Million Worth of Work by Anselm Kiefer and Other German Artists Has Mysteriously Gone Missing in China Hundreds of artworks on loan from a single private collector have disappeared. By Kate Brown, Nov 20, 2019
Art and Law Picasso’s Former Electrician Has Been Found Guilty—Again—for Hoarding Up to 271 of the Artist’s Works in His Garage He previously offered a few hard-to-believe stories explaining how he came to own the works. By Caroline Elbaor, Nov 20, 2019
Art and Law Police Raids Across Europe Have Led to the Discovery of 10,000 Stolen Artworks and the Arrests of 23 Suspects Agents from five countries took part in the complex operation. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 19, 2019
Art and Law Police Foiled a Brazen Thief Who Tried Sneak Out of a London Museum With Two Rembrandts in Tow The would-be robber evaded arrest by spraying a cop with an unknown substance. By Brian Boucher, Nov 14, 2019
Art and Law A Suspect in the Infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist Has Been Released From Prison After 21 Years Daniel Turner was sentenced to time served following his conviction in a separate case. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 14, 2019
Art and Law A British Court Just Froze the Assets of Inigo Philbrick, a Dealer Accused of Holding $14 Million Worth of Art Hostage The request came from German financial company FAP, which is suing Philbrick in the US. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2019
Art and Law A Bill That Aims to Fight Money Laundering Through Antiquities Sales Is Making Its Way Through Congress. Some Dealers Are Quaking A bill currently before the Senate could subject art and antiquities dealers to tighter oversight. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 12, 2019
Art and Law Labor Organizers Have Filed a Complaint Against the Marciano Art Foundation Over Its Abrupt Closure in the Wake of Unionization Efforts Artists Frances Stark and Sadie Barnette are publicly condemning the foundation’s move. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 11, 2019
Art and Law A Bombshell Lawsuit Claims That High-Flying Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Swindled His Clients by Selling the Same Rudolf Stingel Again and Again The case includes accusations of a fake auction guarantee and double-dealing. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 8, 2019
