Law & Politics Ai Weiwei Is Suing Volkswagen for Using His Installation of Refugee Life Jackets in an Advertisement The artist says he is taking the company to court as a last resort. By Sarah Cascone, May 21, 2019
Law & Politics A Judge Rules That Knoedler Gallery’s Former Owner Could Be Held Personally Responsible for the Many Fakes It Sold Two parties are seeking damages from Michael Hammer, whose business entity owned the gallery. By Sarah Cascone, May 13, 2019
Law & Politics Actor and Artist Val Kilmer Says He Definitely Did Not Steal an Artist’s Idea for a Sculpture, Despite a Lawsuit The actor is being sued by artist Bale Creek Allen for allegedly copying an idea for a tumbleweed sculpture. By Taylor Dafoe, May 12, 2019
Law & Politics A High-Profile Impressionist Art Collector Says Wildenstein Sold Him a ‘Clever Fake’ Bonnard—and Now the Courts Will Decide The collector bought the painting from the gallery more than thirty years ago. By Eileen Kinsella, May 9, 2019
Law & Politics Art-World Scammer Anna Delvey Has Been Sentenced to Four to Twelve Years in Prison The sentence comes after a dramatic, 22-day trial, during which she was found guilty on nearly all counts. By Eileen Kinsella, May 9, 2019
Law & Politics Art-World Scammer Anna Delvey Is Found Guilty After a Dramatic Trial and Now Faces Prison and Deportation She will be sentenced May 9 and faces up to 15 years in jail. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2019
Law & Politics The Man Who Scavenged Gerhard Richter’s Cast-Off Sketches From the Trash Is Found Guilty of Theft The director of the Gerhard Richter Archive became suspicious because while the works looked genuine, the backstory did not ring true. By Javier Pes, Apr 25, 2019
Law & Politics The Oops List: Here Are the 5 Biggest Missteps That Landed Art-World Grifter Anna Delvey in Jail It's up to the jury now to decide her fate. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2019
Law & Politics A Stolen Painting by Signac, Worth More Than $1 Million, Is Recovered in Ukraine Officials are investigating whether the same gang suspected of stealing the painting by Paul Signac could been involved in further art crimes. By Kate Brown, Apr 24, 2019
Law & Politics A Paris Court Has Sentenced Two Rodin Dealers for Counterfeiting Reproductions by the French Sculptor The case has dragged on for nearly two decades. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 23, 2019
Law & Politics Chicago Has Launched a Street Art Registry to Prevent Beloved Murals From Being Inadvertently Destroyed The database, already populated with 150 works, allows people to learn more about the city’s murals and the artists behind them. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 22, 2019
Law & Politics In the Trial of Alleged Art-World Scammer Anna Delvey, a Former Vanity Fair Editor Recounts Being Conned in the Luxury Trip From Hell A lavish trip to Morocco ended in disaster for Rachel Williams who was left with $60,000 in debt By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 18, 2019
Law & Politics As ‘Serial Plaintiffs’ Target Art Gallery Websites for Disability Act Violations, Some Dealers Are Settling—or Scrambling to Get Up to Code More than 100 lawsuits have been filed against New York City galleries in recent times. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 17, 2019
Law & Politics A Donor Removed the Portland Museum From Her Will Just Before Her Death. Now, the Museum Is Suing Her Caretaker While issues like this aren’t uncommon, a museum taking legal action to resolve them is. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 9, 2019
Law & Politics Anna Delvey Tried to Con Bankers Into Lending Her Millions of Dollars to Open an Art Foundation, Witnesses Say The purported art foundation has become a major focus of the ongoing criminal case. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 7, 2019
