Law Douglas Latchford’s Estate Will Pay $12 Million to Settle a Civil Case on the Disgraced Dealer’s Theft of Cambodian Antiquities The daughter of the late dealer will also hand over a 7th-century Vietnamese bronze sculpture. By Brian Boucher, Jun 23, 2023
Law Beeple Collector Metakovan Is Suing Twobadour, Claiming His Ex-Partner Is Falsely Taking Credit for Buying the $69 Million NFT At one time, Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran claimed to have bought the NFT together. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 20, 2023
Law Meow Wolf Wins a Partial Victory in a Copyright Lawsuit Brought by an Artist Who Made Work for Its Santa Fe Flagship The motion brings the knotty lawsuit one step closer to conclusion, though many claims in the case still need to be resolved. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2023
Law A Kandinsky Painting Sold During World War II Should Be Returned to the Heirs of Its Jewish Owners, an Advisory Panel Ruled Once owned by a Dutch couple, the painting was auctioned just months after the Nazis occupied the Netherlands. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 14, 2023
Law A Judge Ruled Against an Artist Who Claimed Maurizio Cattelan Copied His Duct-Taped Banana, Deciding the Two Works Are Apples and Oranges The judge found the 2001 work too "obscure" to have been known about or copied by the Italian conceptualist. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 14, 2023
Law Lynn Goldsmith Told an Artist to Remove His Own Prince Paintings, Inspired by Her Lawsuit Against the Warhol Foundation, From Instagram The photographer said a Texas artist needed her permission to make a painting inspired by her court battle with the Warhol Foundation. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2023
Law Japan Has Repatriated a Nazi-Looted Baroque Painting to Poland After Authorities Yanked It From a Tokyo Auction Block The artwork, attributed to Alessandro Turchi, was on a list of the most valuable pieces taken from Poland during World War II. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 2, 2023
Law A Florence Museum Won Its Lawsuit Against a Publisher That Used a ‘Mortifying and Humiliating’ Image of Michelangelo’s ‘David’ Italian law allows public institutions to request fees for reproductions of important artworks, regardless of their copyright status. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 1, 2023
Law The Sackler Family of Art Patrons Must Pay $6 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisis—in Exchange for Immunity From Civil Lawsuits The ruling could pave the pay for the final approval of Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 1, 2023
Law What the Story of a Botched $1 Million Auction Reveals About the Clash Between New Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Client Confidentiality Patrick Matthiesen sought more information about a painting he bought at auction, but immediately hit a wall. By Eileen Kinsella, May 30, 2023
Law Did the Supreme Court’s Warhol Decision Further Complicate Copyright Law? Experts Weigh in on the Ruling’s Ramifications Here's what to take away from the Supreme Court's ruling. By Sarah Cascone, May 26, 2023
Law A Dealer Who Called Out the Art World’s Lack of Due Diligence Is Himself a Victim of Lisa Schiff’s Alleged Ponzi Scheme Parallels between two blockbuster lawsuits involving art fraud raise questions about "best practices." By Eileen Kinsella, May 26, 2023
Law A Washington-Based Artist Who Falsely Claimed Native Heritage to Sell His Work Has Been Hit With an 18-Month Sentence The man, Jerry Chris Van Dyke, sold more than $1,000 worth of carved pendants based on Aleut masks in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2023
Law Greece Wins Back Hundreds of Stolen Artifacts From the Disgraced Dealer Robin Symes After a 17-Year Legal Battle Among the returned goods is a bronze statue of Alexander the Great and a precious Neolithic statuette. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 22, 2023
Law A Jewish Dealer’s Heirs Are Suing Sotheby’s, Alleging Its Provenance of a Tiepolo Work ‘Misled the Public’ The heirs of Otto Fröhlich say he sold the painting under duress during World War II. Sotheby's pleads 'human error.' By Brian Boucher, May 22, 2023
