Law & Politics A Berlin Museum Settles With Jewish Heirs to Keep a Contested Kirchner Painting Victor Wallerstein was forced to sell the painting after both Nazi persecution and discrimination in Italy. By Brian Boucher, Jun 5, 2024
Law & Politics Christie’s Hit With a Class Action Lawsuit Weeks After Its Data Was Hacked The lawsuit is alleging the auction house failed to “properly secure and safeguard sensitive information of its customers.” By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 4, 2024
Law & Politics Notorious Ace Gallery Founder Douglas Chrismas Guilty on Federal Charges A prosecutor told the jury that he had 'Champagne wishes and caviar dreams' By Annie Armstrong, Jun 4, 2024
Law & Politics MFA Houston Wins Appeal to Keep a Nazi-Seized Bellotto Painting The ownership of the painting has been at the center of a decades-long dispute stemming from a clerical error. By Adam Schrader, Jun 4, 2024
Law & Politics Hackers Are Now Offering Christie’s Client Data for Auction The offer comes after Christie's revealed the data that was compromised in the hack. By Brian Boucher, May 31, 2024
Law & Politics Two Jewels Are Recovered From Shocking Heist That Rocked TEFAF Suspects in the 2022 theft remain at large. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 30, 2024
Law & Politics Italy Receives 600 Ancient Artifacts Repatriated From the U.S. The relics were illegally taken from Italy over decades, with some ending up the hands of traffickers including Robin Symes. By Adam Schrader, May 30, 2024
Law & Politics The Foreclosure Threat Against Elvis Presley’s Graceland Appears to Be a Scam A fraudster claims to be behind efforts to force the sale of the historic mansion. By Adam Schrader, May 29, 2024
Law & Politics Ransomware Gang Threatens to Leak Data on Christie’s Clients After Major Hack It’s the same group that has hacked other major companies. By Brian Boucher, May 27, 2024
Law & Politics Stolen Francis Bacon Painting Worth $5.4 million Recovered by Spanish Police The portrait depicts banker José Capelo, a man Bacon was 'infatuated' with. By Adam Schrader, May 24, 2024
Law & Politics ‘The Scams Keep Proliferating’: Christie’s Historic Outage Reveals the Art World’s Digital Vulnerabilities The bad guys’ tools range from good, old-fashioned fraudulent checks to the most advanced technologies. By Brian Boucher, May 24, 2024
Law & Politics Sale of Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion Blocked by Lawsuit Presley's heir Riley Keough is claiming fraud on the part of a loan company. By Adam Schrader, May 23, 2024
Law & Politics Beleaguered Billionaire Ronald Perelman Recently Sold $963 Million Worth of Art: Docs Between 2020 and 2022, the Revlon CEO unloaded pieces by Basquiat, Brancusi, de Kooning, and many more blue-chip names. By Eileen Kinsella, May 22, 2024
Law & Politics Finders of Long-Lost ‘Star Trek’ USS Enterprise Model File Lawsuit Claiming Fraud The men alleged they were pressured into selling it to Rod Roddenberry, the son of series creator Gene Roddenberry. By Adam Schrader, May 16, 2024
Law & Politics Turkey Clears Natural History Museum Curator Accused of Smuggling Spiders and Scorpions Police confiscated about 1,500 samples from the curator. By Adam Schrader, May 14, 2024
