Law & Politics In an Effort to Fight Money Laundering, the EU Parliament Wants to Scrap the Freeport System Beloved by Billionaire Art Collectors The recommendations comes after a yearlong investigation into financial crime. By Naomi Rea, Apr 3, 2019
Law & Politics London Dealer Mark Weiss Pays Sotheby’s $4.2 Million to Settle a Dispute Over an Allegedly Fake Frans Hals The purported Hals came from French dealer Guiliano Ruffini, who has sold numerous Old Masters that turned out to be fake. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 1, 2019
Law & Politics The French Government Is Launching a Task Force Dedicated to Researching and Returning Nazi-Era Loot From Its National Collections The new office will try to return thousands of items stolen by Germany during the war. By Naomi Rea, Mar 29, 2019
Law & Politics ‘Socialite Scammer’ Anna Delvey Is Now on Trial. The Evidence Suggests That Her Art Schemes Were Epic Aby Rosen and Gabriel Calatrava will both be called to the stand. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 28, 2019
Law & Politics ‘Morally, Harvard Has No Grounds’: Inside the Explosive Lawsuit That Accuses the University of Profiting From Images of Slavery We asked legal experts and art historians to weigh in on the groundbreaking lawsuit. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 28, 2019
Law & Politics MoMA PS1 Settles With Curator Who Accused the Museum of Pregnancy Discrimination Nikki Columbus accused the museum's chief curator Peter Eleey and former director Klaus Biesenbach of rescinding a job offer after learning she'd recently given birth. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 27, 2019
Law & Politics The ‘Indiana Jones of the Art World’ Has Found a $28 Million Picasso Stolen From a Saudi Prince’s Yacht Two Decades Ago Dutch investigator Arthur Brand recovered the painting of Dora Maar. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 26, 2019
Law & Politics A Turkish Photojournalist Stands Trial for Terrorism in a Case That Is Drawing Attention to the Country’s Restriction of Press Freedoms The 27-year-old photographer could go to prison for more than 22 years if convicted. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 26, 2019
Law & Politics A German Cathedral Has Returned a Scandal-Tainted Painting Once Owned by Hitler’s Secretary to Its Jewish Heirs After eight years, the heirs of Gottlieb and Mathilde Kraus have reclaimed the 17th-century painting. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 21, 2019
Law & Politics The Louvre Sent Three Paintings to a Show About the Nazi Occupation. They Were Greeted With Three Restitution Claims The curator of the exhibition at Paris's Shoah Memorial has made the claim on behalf of the rightful heirs of the works. By Naomi Rea, Mar 19, 2019
Law & Politics ‘Our View Continues to Be That It Is Wrong’: Amanda Schmitt Appeals Her Lawsuit Against Artforum and Knight Landesman Landesman has resurfaced in the art world after winning his sexual harassment suit, but his legal troubles may not be over yet. By Rachel Corbett, Mar 18, 2019
Law & Politics Italian Police May Have Solved the Mystery of Who Was Behind an Exhibition of Fake Modigliani Paintings in Genoa There are now six suspects under investigation for the show, which was shut down in 2017. By Naomi Rea, Mar 14, 2019
Law & Politics Thieves Stole a $3.4 Million Brueghel From a Remote Italian Church—or So They Thought. Here’s How the Village Tricked Them The town's mayor was one of the few people who knew that the real painting was somewhere safe but locals had their suspicions something was up. By Nan Stewert, Mar 13, 2019
Law & Politics Behind the Scenes of Two Disgruntled Jeff Koons Collectors’ Legal Battle With Gagosian In court this week, one judge let a case against Gagosian proceed while another encouraged the collector and the gallery to reach a settlement. By Julia Halperin, Mar 7, 2019
Law & Politics A British Court Just Made a Landmark Decision in Favor of Museum Educators That Could Have Big Implications for the Gig Economy A London court has ruled that a group of former lecturers at the National Gallery should be granted workers' rights. By Naomi Rea, Mar 1, 2019
