Law & Politics #MeToo Allegations Against the Prominent German Art Dealer Johann König Have Sparked a Battle in German Courts The dealer denies the allegations against him, but the scandal has sparked a public split between the gallery and one of its artists. By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Nov 16, 2022
Law & Politics Swiss Prosecutors Are Now Investigating Russian Billionaire Rybolovlev at the Request of His Nemesis Yves Bouvier Startling new allegations from Bouvier include that the Rybolovlev wanted to "seize" his lucrative art business for the Kremlin. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 9, 2022
Law & Politics A Rediscovered Charles White Drawing Stolen From Howard University in the 1970s Must Be Returned, a Judge Has Ruled A North Carolina couple attempted to sell the lost work for up to $500,000 at Sotheby's. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 8, 2022
Law & Politics Putin Opened the Door for Mass Looting of Ukrainian Cultural Heritage With His Recent Declaration of Martial Law Ukraine's culture ministry declared that the “evacuation” of Crimean museums will be considered a “war crime” akin to those of World War II. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 4, 2022
Law & Politics Surface Magazine’s Parent Company Is Suing Ye for Missed Rental Payments on Its Miami Event Space The rapper owes $145,813 in unpaid rent to design showroom Surface Area. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 27, 2022
Law & Politics Mega-Collector Ronald Perelman Is Suing to Recover $410 Million for Art He Says Lost ‘Oomph’ After a Fire at His Hamptons Estate. His Insurance Companies Say It Looks Fine Perelman says pricey artworks were damaged in the fire. Insurers say they were not. Which expert analysis will win out? By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 25, 2022
Law & Politics Cardi B Is Found Not Guilty of Stealing a Stranger’s Tattoo for Her Racy Album Cover Art “I wasn’t sure if I was going to lose or not,” the rapper said after leaving the courthouse. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 24, 2022
Law & Politics The U.S. Charges a British Businessman With Trying to Ship a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch’s Art Out of New York Graham Bonham-Carter was arrested for attempting to help the billionaire industrialist Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska escape sanctions. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 20, 2022
Law & Politics ‘It Felt Like My Michelangelo Was Stolen Off the Wall’: Trial Begins Over Back Tattoo Photoshopped Onto Risqué Cardi B Album Cover Cardi B is fighting allegations that she misappropriated the plaintiff's likeness in artwork featured on the cover of her debut album. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 20, 2022
Law & Politics ‘Shamefully Cruel’: A Curator Speaks Out as Guantánamo Detainees Petition to Keep the U.S. Government From Taking Their Art An open letter is asking the Biden administration to reverse a decision that denies detainees the right to own their own art. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 17, 2022
Law & Politics The SEC Is Investigating Yuga Labs, Creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, to Decide If NFTs Should be Regulated Like Stocks Yuga Labs, the crypto company at the center of the probe, has not been accused of wrongdoing. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2022
Law & Politics Liberal and Conservative Justices Seem Split in the Supreme Court’s Landmark Andy Warhol Copyright Case (and Not in the Way You May Think) The case is expected to have major ramifications for the future of creative freedom. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 13, 2022
Law & Politics Two Paris Gallerists Accused of Buying and Hiding More Than $13 Million Worth of Stolen Picassos Are Finally Standing Trial The verdict is expected in November. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 11, 2022
Law & Politics Uffizi Is Suing Fashion Label Jean Paul Gaultier for Using Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ in a Capsule Collection A similar case was fought last year when an adult entertainment website used images of the masterpiece painting for an online guide. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2022
Law & Politics The Judd Foundation Is Suing Two Galleries for ‘Disfiguring’ an $850,000 Donald Judd Sculpture With Fingerprints Fingerprints can "leave permanent, disfiguring, irreversible marks" on Judd's anodized aluminum surfaces, the foundation says. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 6, 2022
