Law & Politics People Across the Globe Want Their Cultural Heritage Back. Canada May Offer a Blueprint for How to Get There A proposed law would mobilize a national strategy to help Indigenous communities reclaim cultural heritage objects at home and abroad. By Kate Brown, Jun 24, 2018
Law & Politics Gagosian Fires Back, Moving to Dismiss Lawsuits by Two Disgruntled Jeff Koons Collectors The gallery claims it was transparent about potential delays and tried to accommodate alternate payment plans. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 21, 2018
Law & Politics Russian Billionaire Rybolovlev Wins Access to a Trove of Confidential Documents in His Ongoing Crusade Against Yves Bouvier The Russian billionaire's international legal battle soldiers on—and ensnares Sotheby's along the way. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 21, 2018
Law & Politics Shane Campbell Looks to File a $15 Million Class Action Lawsuit Against Frieze for ‘Unbearable’ Heat The fair's attempts to mollify galleries are "wholly inadequate," according to the suit. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 11, 2018
Law & Politics The Woman Who Sold a Basquiat for a Cool $31 Million Is Now Suing Her Dad for Causing the ‘Disappointing’ Result The seller thinks it should have sold for close to $100 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 8, 2018
Law & Politics Christie’s Sold This Swiss Dealer a Painting Likely Looted by the Nazis. Now He Wants His Money Back Alain Dreyfus says the auction house should have known about the painting’s dubious provenance. By Naomi Rea, May 31, 2018
Law & Politics US Prosecutors Drop Investigation Into Yves Bouvier After Collector Who Cried Foul Turned Massive Profit on ‘Salvator Mundi’ US investigators opened a fraud probe into the Swiss dealer, but dropped the case when his so-called victim reaped a $270 million reward. By Eileen Kinsella, May 29, 2018
Law & Politics Museum Directors’ Association to Impose Sanctions on the Berkshire Museum and La Salle University Art Museum The Berkshire Museum and La Salle University face sanction from the Association of Art Museum Directors. By Eileen Kinsella, May 25, 2018
Law & Politics French Artist Orlan Must Pay Lady Gaga and Universal $18,000 in Fees Following Unsuccessful Lawsuit, French Court Rules The French artist took the pop star to court in 2016 for allegedly appropriating her work in the music video for “Born This Way.” By Naomi Rea, May 25, 2018
Law & Politics ‘It Will Have a Major Effect’: US Congressman Introduces Bill to Tighten Regulation on the Art Market But the proposal has a long way to go before it becomes law. By Eileen Kinsella, May 22, 2018
Law & Politics A Teenage Girl Is on Trial for Plotting a Terror Attack at the British Museum The court at the Old Bailey hears that Safaa Boular, her older sister and mother plotted further Islamist attacks in central London. By Naomi Rea, May 11, 2018
Law & Politics The Art World Has No Shortage of Legal Disputes. A New Court Wants to Help. The Court of Arbitration for Art, opening in June in The Hague, offers expert decisions at a fraction of the cost of the conventional system. By Kate Brown, May 9, 2018
Law & Politics Judge Throws Out a Collector’s Claim to Halt Sotheby’s Planned Sale of a $30 Million Basquiat Hubert Neumann was unable to convince a judge that he had a right to the painting. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2018
Law & Politics German Prosecutors Reject Parole for Disgraced Art Advisor Helge Achenbach He faces the prospect of serving his entire six-year sentence behind bars. By Henri Neuendorf, May 8, 2018
Law & Politics US Art Dealers May Soon Be Subject to Government Financial Regulation The art world has been put on high alert with news of new government oversight. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2018
