Law & Politics Sotheby’s Pushes to Dismiss the New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit Over Its Alleged Role in Helping a Collector Evade Taxes The house argued its staffer was simply "poorly trained." By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 22, 2020
Law & Politics Australia Promised Arts Organizations $60 Million in Relief Six Months Ago. Many Say They Haven’t Received a Cent Arts organizations now worry they'll have to wait until 2021. By Artnet News, Dec 21, 2020
Law & Politics Restitution Activist Mwazulu Diyabanza Must Pay the Louvre €5,000 for Taking an Artwork From a Display Case Diyabanza has undertaken similar actions at museums across Europe. By Kate Brown, Dec 18, 2020
Law & Politics Phillips Has the Right to Cancel a $5 Million Agreement With Art Dealer Joseph Nahmad Amid Pandemic Upheaval, Judge Rules The judge said the situation unequivocally qualifies as "force majeure." By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 17, 2020
Law & Politics In a Surprise Ruling, a Dutch Court Said the Stedelijk Can Keep a Kandinsky That a Jewish Family Says Was Sold Under Duress in 1940 The controversial decision upholds a ruling made in 2018. By Kate Brown, Dec 16, 2020
Law & Politics German Police Have Nabbed One of Two Fugitive Twins Suspected of Taking Part in a Massive Museum Heist in Dresden The suspect's twin brother is still on the lam. By Naomi Rea, Dec 15, 2020
Law & Politics In a Blow to Experience-Art Emporium Meow Wolf, a Judge Allows an Artist’s Copyright Lawsuit to Proceed Meow Wolf had moved to dismiss most of the artist's claim, but the judge denied their motion. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 9, 2020
Law & Politics Prosecutors Are Issuing Subpoenas to Sotheby’s and Christie’s as Part of an Investigation Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Financial Dealings Prosecutors in the US Virgin Islands issued the subpoenas. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 8, 2020
Law & Politics In the US Supreme Court, Germany Fights With Art Dealers’ Heirs Over the Fate of the $250 Million Guelph Treasure The valuable haul was sold at what the heirs say was a severely discounted price. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 8, 2020
Law & Politics Looking to Hedge Their Bets in Unpredictable Times, Auction Houses and Consignors Are Locked in Tense Battles Over Contracts The art market is getting a whole lot more cautious. By Charlotte Burns, Dec 6, 2020
Law & Politics Six Black Photojournalists Are Suing BuzzFeed for Publishing Their Instagram Images of This Summer’s Protests Without Consent Buzzfeed has since removed the photographers' images from the article. By Artnet News, Dec 1, 2020
Law & Politics The Developer Who Painted Over the 5Pointz Graffiti Mecca Must Pay an Additional $2 Million to Cover the Artists’ Legal Fees The stipulation brings the fines associated with the case to $8.75 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 30, 2020
Law & Politics A London Court Has Upheld a Ruling Ordering an Art Collector to Pay Sotheby’s $5.3 Million for Selling an Allegedly Forged Frans Hals Art collector David Kowitz's company has yet to pay for its portion of an alleged forgery. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 25, 2020
Law & Politics A Billionaire Collector Is Suing Hirschl and Adler Galleries for Allegedly Swindling Him Over the Sale of a $12 Million Presidential Painting Former hedge-fund manager Michael Steinhardt says the gallery misled him during a consignment. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 23, 2020
Law & Politics The ‘Toxic’ Legal Battle Over Zaha Hadid’s $132 Million Estate Has a Silver Lining: It Will Lead to the Establishment of a New Museum The executors of the late architect's estate have spent the past four years locked in bitter legal battle. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 20, 2020
