Law & Politics A UK Judge Rules That a $13 Million Giotto Cannot Be Exported Anywhere—Except Home to Italy The painting was originally thought to be a 19th-century copy, but the reattribution has seen its worth skyrocket. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 26, 2018
Law & Politics Two Iranian-American Art Dealers Jailed in Tehran Have Been Freed on $10 Million Bail Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari were sentenced in January on espionage and other charges. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 25, 2018
Law & Politics A $1.2 Million Ancient Persian Sculpture Seized From TEFAF New York Must Be Returned to Iran, Judge Rules Investigators showed that the work was looted and smuggled from the country in the 1930s. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 24, 2018
Law & Politics China Abruptly Evicts Galleries in a Beijing Arts District to Make Way for ‘Immediate Demolition’ Ai Weiwei helped develop the Caochangdi arts district that's now in peril. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 23, 2018
Law & Politics Did Marlborough Gallery Steal One of China’s Greatest Artists? An Appeals Court Must Decide A long-running dispute between Enrico Navarra and Marlborough centers on whether one gallery interfered with the other's exclusive contract. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2018
Law & Politics Worried About What GDPR Means for the Art World? Lawyers Answer 11 Questions About the Hair-Raising New Legislation Art lawyers Thomas and Charles Danziger answer the most frequently asked questions about the EU's new privacy legislation. By Thomas and Charles Danziger, Jul 16, 2018
Law & Politics A Petition Calling on MoMA PS1 to Change Its ‘Discriminatory Policies’ Against Mothers Gains 18,000 Signatures Curator Nikki Columbus filed a lawsuit against the museum for rescinding a job offer after she mentioned that she had a baby. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 16, 2018
Law & Politics The FBI Has Recovered a Crimson Robert Motherwell Painting Stolen 40 Years Ago by a Moving Man The theft was an inside job. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2018
Law & Politics Why One of Justice Kennedy’s Final Decisions Could Cost the Art World Millions of Dollars How a ruling on taxes in South Dakota might affect dealers nationwide. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 10, 2018
Law & Politics Ending a Seven-Year Dispute, a US Court Rules That Artists Aren’t Entitled to Royalties for Artworks Resold at Auction The Ninth Circuit ruled that US Copyright law trumps a California law requiring payment of royalties to artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 9, 2018
Law & Politics A Curator Accuses MoMA PS1 of Discrimination for Rescinding a Job Offer After Learning She Had a Baby Nikki Columbus says PS1's Peter Eleey told her a previous curator was "much less present" after she had a child. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 9, 2018
Law & Politics Another Russian Billionaire Is Suing His Swiss Art Dealer for Allegedly Inflating Prices and Pocketing the Extra The collector says he was inspired to sue after discovering the ongoing legal dispute between Dmitry Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier. By Naomi Rea, Jul 9, 2018
Law & Politics Italian Police Nab Suspects in an Antiquities Smuggling Ring After a Years-Long Investigation Code-Named ‘Operation Demetra’ Suspects in at least four countries are implicated in the looting of Sicily's most famous site. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 5, 2018
Law & Politics The Billionaire Wildenstein Art-Dealing Dynasty Is Cleared in France’s Biggest Tax-Fraud Case (Again) The Paris court of appeals has upheld the 2017 ruling acquitting the art dealing family of tax evasion and money laundering. By Naomi Rea, Jul 2, 2018
Law & Politics Greece’s Prime Minister Asks Theresa May to Return the Elgin Marbles—Again Alexis Tsipras used his first official visit to the UK to restart the campaign for return of the Elgin Marbles. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 27, 2018
