Law & Politics Beleaguered Billionaire Ronald Perelman Recently Sold $963 Million Worth of Art: Docs Between 2020 and 2022, the Revlon CEO unloaded pieces by Basquiat, Brancusi, de Kooning, and many more blue-chip names. By Eileen Kinsella, May 22, 2024
Law & Politics Finders of Long-Lost ‘Star Trek’ USS Enterprise Model File Lawsuit Claiming Fraud The men alleged they were pressured into selling it to Rod Roddenberry, the son of series creator Gene Roddenberry. By Adam Schrader, May 16, 2024
Law & Politics Turkey Clears Natural History Museum Curator Accused of Smuggling Spiders and Scorpions Police confiscated about 1,500 samples from the curator. By Adam Schrader, May 14, 2024
Law & Politics Artist Anthony James Shoots Maurizio Cattelan a Legal Missive Over Near-Identical Works Both consist of sheets of shiny metal pockmarked with bullet holes. By Brian Boucher, May 8, 2024
Law & Politics Did This Notorious Couple Who Stole a de Kooning Painting Also Hit a New Mexico Museum? The de Kooning work was stolen several months after the 1985 heist in Arizona. By Adam Schrader, May 7, 2024
Law & Politics The Artist Whose Women-Only Exhibition Spurred a Lawsuit Takes Her Case to Tasmania’s Supreme Court Kaechele actually thinks the lawsuit is a blessing in disguise, destined to make the artwork better. By Brian Boucher, May 7, 2024
Law & Politics Artist Mary Miss Wins Injunction Preventing Removal of Her Des Moines Work The work has been spared destruction until the case can be decided. By Adam Schrader, May 6, 2024
Law & Politics A Court Rules the Getty Museum’s Prized Ancient Greek Statue Belongs to Italy Italian authorities tried and failed to claim the statue before the museum acquired it in 1977. By Adam Schrader, May 3, 2024
Law & Politics President Biden Wipes Out $6.1 Billion in Debt for Art Institutes Students The network of for-private colleges closed in 2023. By Adam Schrader, May 1, 2024
Law & Politics Russian Secret Service Searches Moscow Art Museum The private museum was founded by oligarch Roman Abramovich and his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova in 2008. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 1, 2024
Law & Politics FBI Returns Nazi-Seized Monet to Owner’s Descendants The restitution is the result of an 'amicable agreement' between all parties, according to gallerist M.S. Rau. By Adam Schrader, Apr 30, 2024
Law & Politics Who Is the Heir Laying Claim to the Controversial Klimt That Just Sold for $32 Million? The heir is the legal successor of Hans Lieser, the brother of Margarethe, recognized as the subject of the painting. By Adam Schrader, Apr 30, 2024
Law & Politics Art Students and Faculty Rally at U.S. University Pro-Palestine Protests Artists have been at the forefront of organizing similar protests at museums and other institutions. By Adam Schrader & Margaret Carrigan, Apr 30, 2024
Law & Politics Destruction of a Historic Gaza Church Deemed a ‘War Crime’ in New Legal Filing Justice For All has called for an investigation into the intentional targeting of cultural heritage in Gaza. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Apr 29, 2024
Law & Politics A Judge Rules on the Judd Foundation’s Lawsuit Over a Ruined $850,000 Sculpture The damage was discovered in 2018, but the suit wasn’t filed until four years later. By Brian Boucher, Apr 25, 2024
