Art and Law 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
Art and Law 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
Art and Law 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
Art and Law 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
Art and Law 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
Art and Law 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
Art and Law 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
Art and Law 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
Art and Law Did the Truth About the Fabled Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Just Die Forever With Crime Boss Whitey Bulger? Tales of Bulger's involvement in the heist abound, but the museum says he had nothing to do with it. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 30, 2018
Art and Law 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
Art and Law 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
Art and Law Trump Tower Is Suing the Estate of the Art Collector Who Died in the Building’s Fire Earlier This Year Todd Brassner was a close friend of Andy Warhol's. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2018
Art and Law Gagosian to an Angry Collector Who Paid Millions for Jeff Koons Sculptures That Never Arrived: You Can’t Rush a Perfectionist The dealer argues that Steve Tananbaum's claims are baseless because the artist "often takes years" to complete his sculptures. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 17, 2018
Art and Law Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Accuses Sotheby’s of Price Inflation in a $380 Million Suit Despite turning hefty profits on artworks, the Russian billionaire continues his international legal fight with dealer Yves Bouvier. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 3, 2018
Art and Law In a Trademark Win for MoMA, the New York Tea Shop MoMaCha Is Changing Its Name The Lower East Side shop MoMaCha is now MAMACHA. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 2, 2018
