Law & Politics Federal Authorities Have Launched an Investigation Into the Fugitive Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick, Who Allegedly Fleeced Clients Out of Millions People who did business with the now-vanished dealer are beginning to receive subpoenas from the Justice Department. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 28, 2020
Law & Politics Can I Break My Art Gallery’s Lease Because of Coronavirus? + Other Questions About How Force Majeure Works, Answered by Lawyers Two art lawyers offer a primer on the legal concept and how it applies to the art business now. By Thomas C. Danziger & Charles Danziger, Apr 27, 2020
Law & Politics Artist Howardena Pindell Is Suing Her Former Gallery for Allegedly Hiding Sales and Failing to Pay Her for Years The artist says accounts of sales and inventory provided to her were "willfully misleading and inaccurate." By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 24, 2020
Law & Politics Police Arrest an Oxford Professor for Allegedly Stealing Ancient Papyrus Fragments and Selling Them to the Museum of the Bible Dirk Obbink says the allegations have been fabricated to harm his career. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 17, 2020
Law & Politics The Wildly Popular Video Game ‘Call of Duty’ Is Now Officially a Work of Art, According to New Court Ruling The ruling establishes some legal precedence for video games to be called artworks. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 14, 2020
Law & Politics Congress’s $2 Trillion Stimulus Package Offers Many Benefits for Artists and Freelancers. Here’s a Step-by-Step Primer on How to Claim Yours Self-employed artists, freelancers, and gig-workers can now apply for unemployment benefits. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 13, 2020
Law & Politics Manhattan’s DA Just Slammed Christie’s With a $16.7 Million Fine for Failing to Collect New York Sales Tax for Years The DA's office said the company failed to properly collect tax on international sales to New York clients between 2013 and 2017. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 9, 2020
Law & Politics Who Owns the Copyright to Tattoos? A Court Issues a Landmark Ruling Over LeBron James and Other NBA Stars’ Right to License Their Body Art LeBron James says he has the right to license his own likeness, and that includes his tattoos. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 30, 2020
Law & Politics Amid Scrutiny, the Museum of the Bible’s Founder Will Return a Staggering 11,500 Artifacts of Dubious Origin to the Middle East Hobby Lobby tycoon Steve Green founded the museum. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 30, 2020
Law & Politics Opportunistic Thieves Just Stole a Prized Van Gogh Landscape From a Locked-Down Dutch Museum Under Cover of Night The painting was on loan from another Netherlands museum. By Naomi Rea, Mar 30, 2020
Law & Politics In a Dramatic About-Face, the Kunstmuseum Basel Will Compensate the Heirs of a Jewish Collector for Disputed Works in Its Collection The museum had first ruled out restitution in 2008. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 27, 2020
Law & Politics A Judge Just Scolded an Art-Licensing Company for Trying to Rush Through a Lawsuit About ‘Knock-Off Unicorn Products’ During a Pandemic Read the judge's scathing takedown. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 27, 2020
Law & Politics The Artist Behind Meow Wolf’s Beloved Fantastical Space Owl Is Suing the Company for More Than $1 Million The artist alleges that the art production company failed to deliver on its promise to share its enormous profits. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 20, 2020
Law & Politics Rising Star Derek Fordjour Is Asking a Judge to Toss Out a Lawsuit From an Ex-Dealer, Claiming He Is Resentful of the Artist’s Success Fordjouor is also demanding that the dealer return more than a dozen artworks. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 19, 2020
Law & Politics Paddle8 Is Filing for Bankruptcy—and It Owes Tens of Thousands of Dollars to Justin Bieber, Jay Z’s Foundation, and Others The filing comes one week after a nonprofit sued the auction house for allegedly misappropriating funds. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2020
