Law & Politics Swiss Authorities Seize Artworks From Billionaire Urs Schwarzenbach Customs officials entered the hotel he owns and removed works from the walls. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Mar 8, 2017
Law & Politics German Institutions Form Unprecedented Alliance to Identify Nazi-Looted Art The Mosse Art Research Initiative was announced today in Berlin. By Caroline Elbaor, Mar 7, 2017
Law & Politics Lawsuit Asks for Kandinsky Painting to Be Returned to Heirs The painting has been hanging in a Munich museum for four decades. By Alyssa Buffenstein, Mar 6, 2017
Law & Politics Lawsuit Over Egon Schiele Artworks Gets Boost From New Legislation The court will decide whether the collection was seized by the Nazis. By Hili Perlson, Feb 28, 2017
Law & Politics Collector Shelley Rubin Says She Was Duped Into Buying $18 Million Worth of Fake Jewels The co-founder of the Rubin Museum of Art isn't happy with her purchases. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 22, 2017
Law & Politics ‘Spider-Man’ Thief Gets 8-Year Prison Sentence for Paris Art Heist But the mystery of the stolen paintings' whereabouts has not been solved. By Hili Perlson, Feb 21, 2017
Law & Politics Art Dealer Eric Spoutz Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Selling Forgeries Spoutz conducted fraudulent transactions under a series of aliases. By Caroline Elbaor, Feb 20, 2017
Law & Politics Stolen Guercino Altarpiece Worth $6 Million Found in Morocco A collector notified police after illicit dealers attempted to sell him the painting in Casablanca. By Alyssa Buffenstein, Feb 20, 2017
Law & Politics Cologne Foundation Challenges Hauser & Wirth Over August Sander Estate The question seems to be, what does 'estate' mean? By Hili Perlson, Feb 17, 2017
Law & Politics Hundreds Sue Impeached South Korean President Over Artist Blacklist The scandal comes to a head with a lawsuit from over 450 artists. By Alyssa Buffenstein, Feb 13, 2017
Law & Politics Italy Recovers 14 More Paintings, Including a Salvador Dalí, From Collection of Mafia Boss 125 paintings from the same criminal collection are already on view in a government exhibition. By Alyssa Buffenstein, Feb 13, 2017
Law & Politics FBI Restitutes Nazi-Looted Painting to the Max and Iris Stern Foundation The agency found 'Young Man As Bacchus' at an art fair in New York. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Feb 9, 2017
Law & Politics Former South Korean Culture Minister Charged With Abuse of Power Over Artist Blacklist Charges reveal state tactics to cut arts funding and bar public access to critical media. By Alyssa Buffenstein, Feb 9, 2017
Law & Politics Will Sotheby’s Sell a Trove of Impressionist Paintings Locked in Storage for Decades? A new court filing seeks to force a sale. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2017
Law & Politics Sotheby’s Sues London Dealer Mark Weiss Over Frans Hals Forgery It's one canvas in a massive Old Master forgery scandal. By Brian Boucher, Feb 7, 2017
