Art and Law Restitution Activist Mwazulu Diyabanza Must Pay the Louvre €5,000 for Taking an Artwork From a Display Case Diyabanza has undertaken similar actions at museums across Europe. By Kate Brown, Dec 18, 2020
Art and Law Phillips Has the Right to Cancel a $5 Million Agreement With Art Dealer Joseph Nahmad Amid Pandemic Upheaval, Judge Rules The judge said the situation unequivocally qualifies as "force majeure." By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 17, 2020
Art and Law In a Surprise Ruling, a Dutch Court Said the Stedelijk Can Keep a Kandinsky That a Jewish Family Says Was Sold Under Duress in 1940 The controversial decision upholds a ruling made in 2018. By Kate Brown, Dec 16, 2020
Art and Law German Police Have Nabbed One of Two Fugitive Twins Suspected of Taking Part in a Massive Museum Heist in Dresden The suspect's twin brother is still on the lam. By Naomi Rea, Dec 15, 2020
Art and Law A $1 Million Marsden Hartley That Was Stolen 30 Years Ago and Replaced With a Forgery Is Finally Returning to Its Original Owner The case took some wild twists and turns on its year-long journey through the courts. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 11, 2020
Art and Law In a Blow to Experience-Art Emporium Meow Wolf, a Judge Allows an Artist’s Copyright Lawsuit to Proceed Meow Wolf had moved to dismiss most of the artist's claim, but the judge denied their motion. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 9, 2020
Art and Law Prosecutors Are Issuing Subpoenas to Sotheby’s and Christie’s as Part of an Investigation Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Financial Dealings Prosecutors in the US Virgin Islands issued the subpoenas. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 8, 2020
Art and Law In the US Supreme Court, Germany Fights With Art Dealers’ Heirs Over the Fate of the $250 Million Guelph Treasure The valuable haul was sold at what the heirs say was a severely discounted price. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 8, 2020
Art and Law Looking to Hedge Their Bets in Unpredictable Times, Auction Houses and Consignors Are Locked in Tense Battles Over Contracts The art market is getting a whole lot more cautious. By Charlotte Burns, Dec 7, 2020
Art and Law Six Black Photojournalists Are Suing BuzzFeed for Publishing Their Instagram Images of This Summer’s Protests Without Consent Buzzfeed has since removed the photographers' images from the article. By Artnet News, Dec 1, 2020
Art and Law The Developer Who Painted Over the 5Pointz Graffiti Mecca Must Pay an Additional $2 Million to Cover the Artists’ Legal Fees The stipulation brings the fines associated with the case to $8.75 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 30, 2020
Art and Law A London Court Has Upheld a Ruling Ordering an Art Collector to Pay Sotheby’s $5.3 Million for Selling an Allegedly Forged Frans Hals Art collector David Kowitz's company has yet to pay for its portion of an alleged forgery. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 25, 2020
Art and Law A Billionaire Collector Is Suing Hirschl and Adler Galleries for Allegedly Swindling Him Over the Sale of a $12 Million Presidential Painting Former hedge-fund manager Michael Steinhardt says the gallery misled him during a consignment. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 23, 2020
Art and Law The ‘Toxic’ Legal Battle Over Zaha Hadid’s $132 Million Estate Has a Silver Lining: It Will Lead to the Establishment of a New Museum The executors of the late architect's estate have spent the past four years locked in bitter legal battle. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 20, 2020
Art and Law A French Court Acquits Four Anti-Colonial Activists Who Removed a Spear From a Museum, Saying the Gesture Counts as Free Speech The Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza says the verdict sets an encouraging precedent. By Naomi Rea, Nov 19, 2020
