Law & Politics Jeff Koons Is Found Guilty of Plagiarism in Paris and Ordered to Pay $168,000 to the Creator of an Ad He Appropriated A French adman claims victory in his legal battle with the US artist over a surreal campaign featuring a rescue pig and freezing model. By Naomi Rea, Nov 9, 2018
Law & Politics Collector Who Sold a Fake Old Master Through Sotheby’s Must Repay the Auction House $1.2 Million, Court Rules It's the latest legal development in an ongoing forgery scandal. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 8, 2018
Law & Politics Thailand Is Ramping Up Efforts to Recover Cultural Heritage From US Museums, Including the Met A sculpture the Met bought more than 50 years ago tops the kingdom’s most-wanted list. By Javier Pes, Nov 6, 2018
Law & Politics A Cunning Husband-and-Wife Duo Sold Hundreds of Forged Artworks in Finland. Now, They Are Headed to Prison The dealers' scam lasted five years. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 1, 2018
Law & Politics A Satanic Group Is Accusing Netflix of Appropriating Its Goat-Man Sculpture in ‘The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Just in time for Halloween, the co-founder of the Satanic Temple is threatening to sue Netflix. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 31, 2018
Law & Politics Kendrick Lamar Could Be Forced to Share Profits From His ‘Black Panther’ Hit Because of an Artist’s Copyright Lawsuit A preliminary ruling goes in artist Lina Iris Viktor's favor. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 25, 2018
Law & Politics The Museum of the Bible Removes Five of Its Dead Sea Scrolls From View After Researchers Prove They’re Fake Scientific analysis of the scroll fragments found "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin." By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 22, 2018
Law & Politics Trump Tower Is Suing the Estate of the Art Collector Who Died in the Building’s Fire Earlier This Year Todd Brassner was a close friend of Andy Warhol's. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2018
Law & Politics Gagosian to an Angry Collector Who Paid Millions for Jeff Koons Sculptures That Never Arrived: You Can’t Rush a Perfectionist The dealer argues that Steve Tananbaum's claims are baseless because the artist "often takes years" to complete his sculptures. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 17, 2018
Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Accuses Sotheby’s of Price Inflation in a $380 Million Suit Despite turning hefty profits on artworks, the Russian billionaire continues his international legal fight with dealer Yves Bouvier. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2018
Law & Politics In a Trademark Win for MoMA, the New York Tea Shop MoMaCha Is Changing Its Name The Lower East Side shop MoMaCha is now MAMACHA. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 2, 2018
Law & Politics Ana Mendieta’s Estate Sues Amazon Studios, Claiming Its Remake of a Horror Classic Rips Off the Late Feminist Artist’s Work Director Luca Guadagnino has cited Mendieta and other feminist artists as an inspiration for the horror film "Suspiria." By Sarah Cascone, Sep 28, 2018
Law & Politics A Judge Sentences Disgraced Dealer Ezra Chowaiki to 18 Months in Prison for Fleecing High-Profile Art Collectors of Millions The former ice cream salesman cooked up an elaborate scheme to defraud prominent victims. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 28, 2018
Law & Politics The 5Pointz Developer Ordered to Pay Street Artists $6.8 Million for Whitewashing Their Work Is Now Pushing Back Gerald Wolkoff's attorneys argue that graffiti doesn't have the same legal protections as fine art. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 27, 2018
Law & Politics Embattled Malaysian Financier Jho Low Was the Underbidder for the World’s Most Expensive Picasso, a New Book Reveals US Department of Justice documents detail some of Jho Low’s high-flying art purchases. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 23, 2018
