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    Artist Michelle Hartney Is Enlisting the Public to Embroider Messages From Women Pleading for Help With Unwanted Pregnancies

    The letters were written 100 years ago to Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger.

    By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2022

  • Law

    Police Seize Five Prized Ancient Egyptian Artworks From the Met as Part of an International Trafficking Dragnet

    The objects are connected to Roben Dib, a German-Lebanese dealer accused of laundering artifacts from the Near and Middle East.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 1, 2022

  • Law

    Two Dissident Artists Stood Trial in Cuba This Week. Despite Pleas From Human Rights Groups, They Could Face Years in Prison

    Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and rapper Maykel Castillo each face lengthy prison sentences.

    By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 1, 2022

  • Law

    The Louvre Plans to Take Civil Legal Action in the Antiquities Smuggling Investigation That Has Ensnared Its Former Director

    The Louvre also says it stands by its partnership with the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

    By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 31, 2022

  • Law

    Citing National Security, the U.K. Is Investigating Sotheby’s Owner Patrick Drahi Over His Investments in British Telecommunications

    Fearing a takeover bid of the multinational company, the government launched a probe into the Franco-Israeli media tycoon this week.

    By Taylor Dafoe, May 27, 2022

  • Law

    A Judge Halts the Auction of the Blue Gingham Dress Judy Garland Wore in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Until Its True Owner Is Determined

    The dress was expected to fetch $800,000 to $1.2 million.

    By Sarah Cascone, May 24, 2022

  • Law

    Dealer Inigo Philbrick Gets Seven Years in Prison for ‘One of the Most Significant Frauds’ in Art-Market History

    Philbrick was found guilty of defrauding clients out of more than $86 million.

    By Eileen Kinsella, May 23, 2022

  • Law

    Who Gets Credit for Conceptual Art? Inside the Paris Courtroom Where a Sculptor Is Fighting Maurizio Cattelan’s Gallery for Recognition

    Daniel Druet is suing Cattelan's gallery to claim authorship of nine of the artist's works.

    By Devorah Lauter, May 16, 2022

  • Law

    A Judge Orders Disgraced Art Dealer Douglas Chrismas to Repay $14 Million to Creditors Who Have Been Chasing Him for Years

    Chrismas also faces up to 15 years in prison on federal charges of embezzlement in a separate, ongoing criminal case.

    By Taylor Dafoe, May 12, 2022

  • Law

    Marianne Boesky Loses Her Legal Battle Against Artist Diana Al-Hadid Over an Artwork They Both Claimed Was Theirs

    In the ruling, a New York judge said their consignment agreement was not a transfer of ownership from the artist to the dealer.

    By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2022

  • Law

    The MFA Houston Can Keep a Bellotto Painting That the Heirs of a Jewish Collector Say Is Rightfully Theirs, a Judge Has Ruled

    The judge dismissed the lawsuit brought by heirs of a German Jewish collector.

    By Sarah Cascone, May 6, 2022

  • Law

    Canadian Police Seized 1,000 Works From a Dealer Suspected of Selling Art on Behalf of Clients and Then Ghosting Them

    Works by Emily Carr and David Blackwood are at the heart of the charges against the art dealer.

    By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2022

  • Law

    The Maker of Maurizio Cattelan’s Wax Prototypes Claims He Is the True Owner of the Artist’s Most Famous Works and Is Suing for Millions

    Daniel Druet, who has made models for Maurizio Cattelan, is now claiming the artist has stolen his intellectual property.

    By Dorian Batycka, May 3, 2022

  • Law

    TeamLab Is Suing a Los Angeles Museum for Allegedly Copying Its Instagram-Friendly Light Installations for Its Own Display

    Immersive art is big business. Now, it has the legal bills to prove it.

    By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2022

  • Law

    A Diego Rivera Painting Was Among the Assets FBI Agents Seized From Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska

    The new 'KleptoCapture' task force is ramping up the pressure on Russian oligarchs.

    By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2022

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