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
Art and Law Ana Mendieta’s Estate Sues Amazon Studios, Claiming Its Remake of a Horror Classic Rips Off the Late Feminist Artist’s Work Director Luca Guadagnino has cited Mendieta and other feminist artists as an inspiration for the horror film "Suspiria." By Sarah Cascone, Sep 28, 2018
Art and Law A Judge Sentences Disgraced Dealer Ezra Chowaiki to 18 Months in Prison for Fleecing High-Profile Art Collectors of Millions The former ice cream salesman cooked up an elaborate scheme to defraud prominent victims. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 28, 2018
Art and Law The 5Pointz Developer Ordered to Pay Street Artists $6.8 Million for Whitewashing Their Work Is Now Pushing Back Gerald Wolkoff's attorneys argue that graffiti doesn't have the same legal protections as fine art. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 27, 2018
Art and Law Embattled Malaysian Financier Jho Low Was the Underbidder for the World’s Most Expensive Picasso, a New Book Reveals US Department of Justice documents detail some of Jho Low’s high-flying art purchases. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 24, 2018
Art and Law Who Owns Graffiti? A Judge Allows a Street Artist’s Lawsuit Against General Motors to Move Forward The decision could set a precedent for how we depict buildings that contain street art. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 21, 2018
Art and Law Artist Hank Willis Thomas Pulls Work From a South African Art Fair After a Photographer Levels Plagiarism Charges The artist says he hopes to have a debate with the photographer who cried foul. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 13, 2018
Art and Law Pussy Riot Member Pyotr Verzilov Is in a Critical Condition as Friends Fear He Has Been Poisoned The Russian-Canadian performance artist and activist fell ill after attending a court hearing of one of the group's other members. By Naomi Rea, Sep 13, 2018
