Law & Politics Anish Kapoor Declares ‘Victory Over the NRA’ in a Settlement That Requires the Gun Group to Remove His Art From an Ad The artist sued the National Rifle Association in June over its 'Clenched Fist of Truth' video. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 6, 2018
Law & Politics Italy’s Supreme Court Has Ruled That the Getty Must Return ‘Victorious Youth.’ The Getty Says, ‘No’ The work by Lysippos is one of the most popular in the LA museum's collection. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 5, 2018
Law & Politics How Much Should Taxpayers Pay for a Private Museum? A French Watchdog Group Files a Claim to Find Out A Paris museum is locked in a battle with a French watchdog organization over allegations of tax fraud. By Kate Brown & Javier Pes, Nov 30, 2018
Law & Politics A Jury Sides With Top Art Collector Andy Hall in a Dramatic Lawsuit Over Fake Golub Paintings, Awarding Him $468,000 Andrew Hall bought 24 fake Leon Golubs from a mother and son over a period of two years. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 29, 2018
Law & Politics Jeff Koons Was Found Guilty of Copying a French Advertisement. But Why Hasn’t The Woman Behind the Ad Gotten Any Credit? The ad campaign’s female co-author, Elisabeth Bonamy, has a bone to pick with Franck Davidovici. By Naomi Rea, Nov 22, 2018
Law & Politics LAPD Is Reportedly Investigating Street Artist RETNA for Vandalizing a Gallery That Declined to Include His Work in Its Show The artist was allegedly angry he wasn't showing alongside Damien Hirst. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 21, 2018
Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Art Collector Dmitry Rybolovlev Is Officially Charged in the Sprawling Monaco Corruption Probe A new twist in a years-long art dispute has now focused scrutiny on the Russian buyer himself By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2018
Law & Politics Bill Cosby, Sitting in Prison, Hopes to Sell Two Major Thomas Hart Benton Paintings for Millions of Dollars The paintings could be worth a combined $14 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 12, 2018
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
