Law The French Government’s Epic Battle to Prevent a Collector From Selling a $18 Million Leonardo Drawing Is Just Heating Up The French ministry of culture has blocked the export of the drawing. By Naomi Rea, Jul 8, 2021
Law The North Face Will Phase Out a Logo That the Street Artist Futura Said It Lifted Illegally From His Work The company has denied any wrongdoing in the case. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 2021
Law A Florida Man Is Threatening to Sue an Artist Whose Invisible Sculpture Sold for $18,000, Saying He Came Up With the Idea First Tom Miller, who says he made an invisible sculpture in 2016, is demanding visibility. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 30, 2021
Law A Top Portuguese Art Collector and Museum Founder Has Been Arrested Over His Alleged Ties to a Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme José "Joe" Berardo opened a museum to his collection in 2006. By Kate Brown, Jun 30, 2021
Law In a Major Policy Change, the Dutch Government Will Give Nazi-Looted Art to Jewish Institutions If Heirs Cannot Be Found Restitution previously necessitated a descendant of an artwork’s owner to put in a claim. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 29, 2021
Law A California Woman’s ‘Flintstone House’ Drew Both Ire and Joy. A Legal Settlement Lets Her Keep the Wacky Lawn Sculptures for Good Owner Florence Fang will comply with permit applications moving forward. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 28, 2021
Law An E.U. Panel Has Stripped Banksy of Two More Trademarks in His Ongoing Battle With a Greeting Card Company This marks the fourth image for which the artist's trademark has been canceled. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 21, 2021
Law Authorities Raided a Hong Kong Show Commemorating the Anniversary of the 2019 Pro-Democracy Protests Police claimed they received a complaint that the gallery was exhibiting “seditious” content. By Artnet News, Jun 15, 2021
Law An Investigation Into Uighur Detention Camps Funded by Eyebeam Art and Technology Center Has Won a Pulitzer Prize The article series used satellite imagery to expose the camps. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2021
Law Robert Indiana’s Estate Has Reached an Agreement With His Longtime Financial Backer After a Bitter Three-Year Legal Fight Several other lawsuits tied to the late artist's estate remain in place, however. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 14, 2021
Law The Manhattan District Attorney Has Returned 27 Looted Antiquities Worth a Combined $3.8 Million to Cambodia The return involved objects linked to investigations of disgraced dealers Subhash Kapoor and Nancy Wiener. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 11, 2021
Law Hobby Lobby Is Suing a Classics Professor for Allegedly Selling the Company Antiquities He Stole From Oxford University Dirk Obbink was arrested last March. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 3, 2021
Law Street Artist Kaves Slaps the NYPD With a Lawsuit, Saying It Illegally Whitewashed a New York Mural He Painted With Full Permission The artist created the mural 13 years ago in Brooklyn as a tribute to his mother. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 2, 2021
Law ‘I Have No Other Choice’: Holocaust Survivor Relinquishes Her Claim to a Looted Camille Pissarro Painting The painting was stolen by the Nazis in 1941. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 1, 2021
Law A Street Artist Is Suing the Vatican—and Turned Down a Meeting With the Pope—After She Says It Used Her Art Without Permission Alessia Babrow is seeking $160,000 in damages after the Vatican issued a stamp using one of her images. By Sarah Cascone, May 25, 2021
