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Dealer Inigo Philbrick Gets Seven Years in Prison for ‘One of the Most Significant Frauds’ in Art-Market History

Philbrick was found guilty of defrauding clients out of more than $86 million.

By Eileen Kinsella, 4 hours ago

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Who Gets Credit for Conceptual Art? Inside the Paris Courtroom Where a Sculptor Is Fighting Maurizio Cattelan’s Gallery for Recognition

Daniel Druet is suing Cattelan's gallery to claim authorship of nine of the artist's works.

By Devorah Lauter, May 16, 2022

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A Judge Orders Disgraced Art Dealer Douglas Chrismas to Repay $14 Million to Creditors Who Have Been Chasing Him for Years

Chrismas also faces up to 15 years in prison on federal charges of embezzlement in a separate, ongoing criminal case.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 12, 2022

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Marianne Boesky Loses Her Legal Battle Against Artist Diana Al-Hadid Over an Artwork They Both Claimed Was Theirs

In the ruling, a New York judge said their consignment agreement was not a transfer of ownership from the artist to the dealer.

By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2022

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The MFA Houston Can Keep a Bellotto Painting That the Heirs of a Jewish Collector Say Is Rightfully Theirs, a Judge Has Ruled

The judge dismissed the lawsuit brought by heirs of a German Jewish collector.

By Sarah Cascone, May 6, 2022

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Canadian Police Seized 1,000 Works From a Dealer Suspected of Selling Art on Behalf of Clients and Then Ghosting Them

Works by Emily Carr and David Blackwood are at the heart of the charges against the art dealer.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2022

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The Maker of Maurizio Cattelan’s Wax Prototypes Claims He Is the True Owner of the Artist’s Most Famous Works and Is Suing for Millions

Daniel Druet, who has made models for Maurizio Cattelan, is now claiming the artist has stolen his intellectual property.

By Dorian Batycka, May 3, 2022

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TeamLab Is Suing a Los Angeles Museum for Allegedly Copying Its Instagram-Friendly Light Installations for Its Own Display

Immersive art is big business. Now, it has the legal bills to prove it.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2022

Law

A Diego Rivera Painting Was Among the Assets FBI Agents Seized From Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska

The new 'KleptoCapture' task force is ramping up the pressure on Russian oligarchs.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2022

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The U.S. Supreme Court Just Sent a Winding International Restitution Case Down to a State Court in California

The case will now be sent back to a California appeals court to be readjudicated.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 21, 2022

Law

How Meme Culture and a Landmark Legal Case Against an Artist in Germany May Loosen Europe’s Tight Copyright Regulations

The court ruling in Berlin is an unusual win for appropriation artists.

By Kate Brown, Apr 11, 2022

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An Archaeology Institute Is Fighting the British Museum, Demanding Access to Make Digital Scans of the Parthenon Marbles

The aim is to create replicas that could substitute those inside the London institution in order for the originals to be returned to Greece.

By Anna Sansom, Apr 8, 2022

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A Judge Has Ruled in Favor of Miami Beach After the City Removed an Artwork Memorializing a Man Gunned Down by Police

The city’s censoring of the commissioned mural constituted protected “government speech,” the judge concluded.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 7, 2022

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The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Andy Warhol Violated a Photographer’s Copyright by Using Her Image of Prince Without Permission

Was the Pop icon's depiction of Prince fair use or copyright violation?

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 28, 2022

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The Key Questions About How Sanctions Affect the Art Market, Answered by Our Crack Legal Experts

When it comes to Russian sanctions, you can’t spell trouble without rouble.

By Thomas C. Danziger & Joan Gmora, Mar 14, 2022