Law & Politics The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Reviewing 45 Antiquities That Cambodian Officials Believe Were Stolen From the Country The museum alerted the U.S. Attorney's office after "new information" came to light. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 25, 2021
Law & Politics A District Court Rules That the Vermont Law School Can Conceal a Divisive Mural on Campus Without Violating the Artist’s Rights In a test of artists' rights, a U.S. judge says concealing works is not an infringement. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 22, 2021
Law & Politics The Heirs of a Jewish Collector Are Suing the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for the Return of a Bellotto Painting Max Emden's heirs claim that the painting was sold under duress. The museum disagrees. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2021
Law & Politics Artist J.D. Beltran Is Suing the California College of the Arts for Firing Her After She Blew the Whistle on Alleged Financial Misdealings The former faculty member claims that she was fired after sounding the alarm about a misuse of funds at the school. By Brian Boucher, Oct 18, 2021
Law & Politics Prominent Artist eL Seed Says the Tunisian Pavilion at Dubai’s Expo 2020 Used His Work Without Permission The case illustrates a growing tension around the ownership of calligraphic script in the digital era. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Oct 18, 2021
Law & Politics The FBI Has Busted Once-Rising Artist Christian Rosa for Selling Forged Paintings Purportedly by His Former Mentor Raymond Pettibon After Artnet News first reported on the alleged forgeries, Rosa wrote in an email: "the secret is out." By Sarah Cascone, Oct 14, 2021
Law & Politics Reversing a Trump Order, President Biden Has Reinstated Federal Protection for Two Natural Landmarks in the Utah Desert The move expands the sites of Bears Ears Grand Staircase-Escalante once again. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2021
Law & Politics Will Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Avoid Trial After All? Court Papers Suggest He Could Be in Settlement Talks With U.S. Authorities After initially pleading not guilty, Philbrick may now be trying to strike a deal. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 12, 2021
Law & Politics Obsessed With the ‘Bad Art Friend’ Case? We Are, Too. Here’s How a Recent Art Copyright Decision Could Shape the Outcome A recent ruling against the Andy Warhol Foundation may serve as a guide in determining fault in the viral kidney donation story. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 7, 2021
Law & Politics The Pandora Papers Leak Reveals How the Late Dealer Douglas Latchford Used Offshore Accounts to Sell Looted Cambodian Antiquities More revelations are likely forthcoming as journalists comb through the leak. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 5, 2021
Law & Politics Lawmakers in Congress Want to Put Unemployed Artists Back to Work With a $300 Million Bill to Fund Public Cultural Projects The bill was inspired by the New Deal's Works Progress Administration. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 4, 2021
Law & Politics A Judge Paves the Way for Scholar Marc Restellini’s Lawsuit Over Ownership of Valuable Modigliani Research to Move Forward The court dismissed the Wildenstein-Plattner Institute's counterclaims against Restellini of copyright infringement. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2021
Law & Politics The Complicated Story Behind Jasper Johns’s Dispute With a Cameroonian Teen Over a Drawing of a Knee (It Has a Happy Ending) The drawing is featured in the 91-year-old artist's career-capping retrospective at the Whitney. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2021
Law & Politics A Judge Denies Sotheby’s Effort to Dismiss a Lawsuit That Claims the Auction House ‘Fleeced’ New York Taxpayers Out of Millions Sotheby's said it will "continue to vigorously contest the allegations in this case, which we believe are without merit.” By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 29, 2021
Law & Politics Yves Bouvier Declares ‘Complete Victory’ After a Prosecutor Dismissed Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s Charges Against Him Rybolovlev said he plans to appeal the Swiss prosecutor's decision to drop criminal charges. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 17, 2021
