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    Italy’s New Bill Will Impose Five-Figure Fines on Climate Activists and Others Who Deface Cultural Heritage Sites

    The bill comes just weeks after an eco-activist group dyed the water in Rome’s Barcaccia Fountain black. 

    By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 13, 2023

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    Agents Raided a Foundation Dedicated to Victor Vasarely and Seized More Than 100 Paintings by the Op Art Pioneer

    The raid marks the latest chapter in a long legal battle between Vasarely’s heirs over ownership of his work. 

    By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 12, 2023

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    Germany’s Culture Minister Is Calling on a Munich Museum to Resolve a Years-Long Restitution Dispute Over a Prized Picasso Painting

    The Bavarian State Painting Collections has declined to allow German's lost art commission hear the case.

    By Sarah Cascone, Mar 31, 2023

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    Ireland Has Been Giving Creative Workers $1,400 a Month in an Economic Experiment That Will Soon Shape National Policy

    2,000 Irish artists are receiving weekly checks of $350 as part of the three-year program.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 30, 2023

  • Law

    The Italian Museum That Owns Leonardo’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ Has Successfully Sued to Stop Production of a 1,000-Piece Puzzle Based on the Work

    An Italian court has blocked the puzzle company from producing and selling the product.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 30, 2023

  • Law

    The Producers of Art-World Satire ‘The Square’ Apologize to Artist Lola Arias for Using Her Name in the Film Without Her Consent

    The movie said Lola Arias made the titular artwork. She demanded the production company set the record straight.

    By Sarah Cascone, Mar 29, 2023

  • Law

    A Judge Has Dismissed Far-Right Efforts to Remove a Miriam Cahn Painting of Russian War Crimes From the Palais de Tokyo

    Lawyers for the art center believe local extremists have been influenced by ideologies “blown in from across the Atlantic."

    By Devorah Lauter, Mar 28, 2023

  • Law

    The World’s Most Valuable Coin, Previously Sold With Falsified Provenance, Has Finally Been Returned to Greece

    A dealer was arrested this year for selling the ancient coin with falsified provenance documentation in 2020.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 24, 2023

  • Law

    A U.S. Court Has Handed a Legal Victory to Digital Artist Kevin McCoy in an Ownership Challenge Over the First-Ever NFT

    The judge called the lawsuit an attempt to 'exploit' questions of open ownership.

    By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 22, 2023

  • Law

    A Series of Norman Rockwell Illustrations That Once Hung in the White House Is at the Center of a Legal Battle Between Family Members

    Rockwell gifted the artworks to FDR’s press secretary in 1943. But who officially owned them after that is the subject of debate.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 17, 2023

  • Law

    The New York Art World Had High Hopes for Black Wall Street Gallery. Allegations Against Its Founder Have Soured Those Dreams

    Artists accuse owner Ricco Wright of failing to pay them nearly $100,000 for the sales of their work.

    By Zachary Small, Mar 16, 2023

  • Law

    A U.S. Judge Dealt a Partial Victory to Sotheby’s in a Long-Running Fraud Case Brought by Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev

    The judge urged both sides to avoid an 'expensive, risky, and potentially embarrassing' trial.

    By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2023

  • Law

    The Joan Mitchell Foundation Claims Louis Vuitton Infringed the American Artist’s Copyright by Including Her Paintings in Advertisements

    The late Abstract Expressionist's work is currently on view at the luxury brand's foundation in Paris.

    By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 22, 2023

  • Law

    The Musée d’Orsay Has Been Ordered to Restitute Paintings by Cézanne, Renoir, and Gauguin That Were Stolen During World War II

    The artworks are to be returned to the heirs of their one-time owner, Ambroise Vollard.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 17, 2023

  • Law

    A Class Action Lawsuit Against a Popular A.I. Art Generator Alleges the App Collects Its Users’ Biometric Information Without Their Permission

    The complaint says Lensa A.I. illegally extracts users’ facial data to train its models.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 16, 2023

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