Law & Politics Authorities Raided a Hong Kong Show Commemorating the Anniversary of the 2019 Pro-Democracy Protests Police claimed they received a complaint that the gallery was exhibiting “seditious” content. By Artnet News, Jun 15, 2021
Law & Politics An Investigation Into Uighur Detention Camps Funded by Eyebeam Art and Technology Center Has Won a Pulitzer Prize The article series used satellite imagery to expose the camps. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2021
Law & Politics Robert Indiana’s Estate Has Reached an Agreement With His Longtime Financial Backer After a Bitter Three-Year Legal Fight Several other lawsuits tied to the late artist's estate remain in place, however. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 14, 2021
Law & Politics The Manhattan District Attorney Has Returned 27 Looted Antiquities Worth a Combined $3.8 Million to Cambodia The return involved objects linked to investigations of disgraced dealers Subhash Kapoor and Nancy Wiener. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 11, 2021
Law & Politics Hobby Lobby Is Suing a Classics Professor for Allegedly Selling the Company Antiquities He Stole From Oxford University Dirk Obbink was arrested last March. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 3, 2021
Law & Politics Street Artist Kaves Slaps the NYPD With a Lawsuit, Saying It Illegally Whitewashed a New York Mural He Painted With Full Permission The artist created the mural 13 years ago in Brooklyn as a tribute to his mother. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 2, 2021
Law & Politics ‘I Have No Other Choice’: Holocaust Survivor Relinquishes Her Claim to a Looted Camille Pissarro Painting The painting was stolen by the Nazis in 1941. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 1, 2021
Law & Politics A Street Artist Is Suing the Vatican—and Turned Down a Meeting With the Pope—After She Says It Used Her Art Without Permission Alessia Babrow is seeking $160,000 in damages after the Vatican issued a stamp using one of her images. By Sarah Cascone, May 25, 2021
Law & Politics More Than 130 Royal College of Art Students Accuse the School of Losing or Damaging Their Work During Lockdown Numerous artists are now threatening to sue the school over the incident. By Taylor Dafoe, May 21, 2021
Law & Politics The E.U. Rules Against Banksy in His Trademark Fight With a Greeting Card Company, Citing His Own Statement That ‘Copyright Is For Losers’ The European Union Intellectual Property Office also cited his anonymity. By Eileen Kinsella, May 20, 2021
Law & Politics An International Feud Over a Looted Pissarro Painting Comes to a Head as a French Court Rejects a Holocaust Survivor’s Claim The court denied Léone Meyer's attempt to overturn a settlement with an Oklahoma art museum. By Sarah Cascone, May 13, 2021
Law & Politics It May Have Been Kanye West—Not Kim Kardashian—Who Bought an Allegedly Looted Ancient Roman Sculpture From Italy Kardashian says she's never even seen the centuries-old sculpture. By Taylor Dafoe, May 10, 2021
Law & Politics New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Is Launching a $25 Million ‘New Deal’-Style Program to Employ Local Artists With Public Commissions The money will fund some 1,500 local artists in the “comeback of New York City,” the mayor says. By Taylor Dafoe, May 6, 2021
Law & Politics Kim Kardashian Must Forfeit an Ancient Roman Sculpture That Experts Say Was Looted From Italy The celebrity influencer purchased the work from Axel Vervoordt Gallery in 2016. By Naomi Rea, May 4, 2021
Law & Politics The Heirs of Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee Will Give 23,000 Works of Art to Korean Museums to Polish Their Tarnished Image The family's art collection is worth a reported $2.7 billion. By Kate Brown, Apr 28, 2021
