Law Homage or Copy? Deborah Roberts Is Suing a Fellow Artist for Allegedly Stealing Her Photocollage Style The legal clash revisits old disputes about whether artists with similar styles should be allowed to compete in the same market. By Zachary Small, 3 days ago
Law A New York Artist Claims to Have Set a Precedent by Copyrighting Their A.I.-Assisted Comic Book. But the Law May Not Agree Kris Kashtanova recently secured a U.S. copyright for the 18-page book "Zarya of the Dawn," which uses imagery generated using Midjourney. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 27, 2022
Law A New U.K. Law Gives Museums Unprecedented Power to Deaccession Art and Repatriate Objects in Their Collections The law could be a breakthrough for old restitution cases, but they remain at the museum's discretion. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 27, 2022
Law In a Complete Reversal, Singapore Foundation Apologizes for Seeking Court Order to Block KAWS Exhibition The Ryan Foundation now says its allegations against the exhibition organizers AllRightsReserved were incorrect. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 26, 2022
Law Citing Murky Copyright Territory, Getty Images Bans A.I.-Generated Art The global image bank said that selling A.I. art may put users at legal risk. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 23, 2022
Law Can Tattoos Be Reproduced in Video Games Without an Artist’s Permission? An Ohio Jury Will Soon Decide A similar case was dismissed by a Manhattan judge, while another will go to trail in Illinois, raising questions about fair use. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 22, 2022
Law Artist Kahlil Robert Irving Filed a Human Rights Complaint Against a New York Hotel After It Allegedly Accused Him of Squatting Two white employees broke into the artist’s hotel room and demanded that he leave. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 20, 2022
Law Maurizio Cattelan Hits Back in Banana Copyright Lawsuit, Claiming He’s Never Seen the Other Guy’s Art Miami-based artist Joe Morford accused the Italian artist of infringing the copyright of his own work, Banana & Orange. By Anna Sansom, Sep 15, 2022
Law FBI Agents Found a Chopped-Up Roman Mosaic of the Mythical Medusa in an L.A. Storage Unit After Following an Anonymous Tip The object had been chopped into 16 pieces. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 6, 2022
Law A Trove of 161 Ancient Artifacts Owned by a U.S. Billionaire Will Reportedly Go on View at the Met Before Being Restituted to Greece The artifacts will also be exhibited at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 1, 2022
Law The $250 Million Guelph Treasure Will Not Be Returned to the Heirs of Jewish Collectors, a U.S. Court Has Ruled The judge dismissed the case against Germany's Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 30, 2022
Law The New York Attorney General Ramps Up Its Investigation of Sotheby’s, Accusing the Auction House of Helping More Clients Evade Taxes The attorney general is narrowing in on "resale certificates" that have special tax benefits. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 29, 2022
Law Last Year, Biden Expanded Two Archaeologically Important Monuments in Utah. Now, the State Is Suing Him for the Move The back-and-forth will determine the fate of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah’s red-rock desert. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 26, 2022
Law Barbara Kruger, Robert Storr, and the U.S. Copyright Office Have Filed Briefs in the Supreme Court’s Historic Andy Warhol Copyright Case The case is headed to the Supreme Court in October. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 25, 2022
Law An ‘Architectural Digest’ Spread About Two Art Collectors Was Photoshopped to Obscure Potentially Looted Cambodian Statues in Their Home A forensics expert confirmed the photo had been airbrushed. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 16, 2022
