Law & Politics A Performer in Marina Abramović’s MoMA Show Is Suing the Museum for Failing to Address Repeated Assaults The plaintiff claims to have been groped seven times during the run of the 2010 exhibition. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 23, 2024
Law & Politics A Controversial Film Had Its Title Censored During a Screening at Hong Kong’s M+ Museum The requirement by official censors has raised eyebrows among Hong Kong's filmmaking community. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 22, 2024
Law & Politics Following Outcry, Berlin’s Culture Ministry Scraps a Controversial ‘Anti-Discrimination’ Requirement for Art Grants The move came after thousands of culture workers criticized the measure as restriction on freedom of speech. By Vivienne Chow, Jan 22, 2024
Law & Politics Sotheby’s Exec Paints an Ugly Picture of Yves Bouvier’s Deceptions in Ongoing Rybolovlev Trial Sotheby's attorneys are shining a spotlight on the Swiss dealer's role in the alleged fraud. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 19, 2024
Law & Politics Two More Nazi-Looted Egon Schiele Works Have Been Returned to the Heirs of a Jewish Collector The works were retrieved from Oberlin College’s Allen Museum and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. By Adam Schrader, Jan 19, 2024
Law & Politics The Orlando Museum Drops Claims Against Most Defendants in Fake Basquiats Lawsuit However, the museum is continuing its lawsuit against former director Aaron De Groft. By Adam Schrader, Jan 19, 2024
Law & Politics Suspect Arrested for Alleged Murder Of Gallerist Brent Sikkema In Brazil The suspect has been identified as 30-year-old Alejandro Triana Prevez of Cuba. By Adam Schrader, Jan 18, 2024
Law & Politics Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Valued at $900,000 Were Found in a Basement in Antwerp The works were stolen from an Israeli family's home in 2010. By Adam Schrader, Jan 18, 2024
Law & Politics A Key Sotheby’s Executive Took the Witness Stand, as Epic Rybolovlev Fraud Trial Lumbers Forward All eyes are on Sotheby's executive Sam Valette this week as he testifies about multi-million dollar private deals. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 17, 2024
Law & Politics New York Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Has Been Killed in Brazil, His Gallery Confirms Police said he had been stabbed with a sharp object. By Adam Schrader & Katya Kazakina, Jan 16, 2024
Law & Politics What to Know About France’s New Culture Minister, Rachida Dati The controversial choice has come as a big surprise to France's cultural industries. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 15, 2024
Law & Politics An Italian Minister and Art Critic Is Accused of Possessing a Stolen 17th-Century Painting No stranger to controversy, Sgarbi has branded the shock allegations "ridiculous." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 15, 2024
Law & Politics Indiana University Has Canceled a Retrospective on Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby An online petition seeking to have the show reinstated has already received nearly 5,000 signatures. By Adam Schrader, Jan 11, 2024
Law & Politics A U.S. Appeals Court Rules That a Madrid Museum Can Keep a Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting The ruling is a blow for the heirs of Jewish collector Lilly Neubauer, from whom the painting was confiscated in 1939. By Adam Schrader, Jan 10, 2024
Law & Politics A Man Was Arrested on the Roof of an Arizona Gallery After Trying to Steal $250,000 Worth of Art The pieces stolen reportedly included works by Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. By Adam Schrader, Jan 10, 2024
