Law Painter Peter Doig Wins $2.5 Million in Sanctions Against a Gallery That Tried to Force Him to Take Credit for Another Artist’s Work The painting looked like an early Peter Doig. But it was actually the work of the mysterious Peter Doige, painted while he was incarcerated. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 18, 2023
Law Getty Images Is Suing the Company Behind Stable Diffusion, Saying the A.I. Generator Illegally Scraped Its Content The stock image platform says that the A.I. firm violated copyright laws. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 17, 2023
Law A Prized Van Gogh Was Sold Under Nazi Threat, Say the Heirs of a Jewish Banker Who Are Suing to Reclaim the Painting From a Museum A Japanese company acquired the "Sunflowers" canvas at auction in 1987 and plans to defend its ownership rights to keep the piece in its museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 13, 2023
Law TeamLab Wins an Early Victory in Its Copyright Suit Against an L.A. Museum It Says Copied Its Immersive Installations Additional copyright issues will be determined at a jury trial in California. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 13, 2023
Law A Scientist Has Filed Suit Against the U.S. Copyright Office, Arguing His A.I.-Generated Art Should Be Granted Protections Stephen Thaler generated the artwork with DABUS, an A.I. system he built. By Min Chen, Jan 12, 2023
Law An Artist Suing Meow Wolf for $1 Million Is on the Hook to Pay the Experiential Art Giant’s Legal Fees Lauren Adele Oliver will have to cover Meow Wolf's legal costs for two motions filed regarding her mass deletion of emails. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 11, 2023
Law Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s Secret Backing of Some of Hollywood’s Biggest Movies Has Been Revealed in a High-Stakes Lawsuit A firm Rybolovlev silently backed is behind blockbusters such as 'Top Gun: Maverick' and 'Mission: Impossible 7.' By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 5, 2023
Law Italian Police Confiscated a $4.2 Million Rubens Painting From a Genoa Exhibition as Part of a Fraud Investigation A decade ago, the owners illegally exported the piece and staged fake sales abroad to boost its value, according to the Carabinieri. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 4, 2023
Law Germany Has Returned Its First Group of Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria Following a Repatriation Deal Struck Earlier This Year Nigerian officials hope the move will set an example for the British government, which forbids national institutions from returning objects. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 21, 2022
Law A German Newspaper’s #MeToo Exposé on Art Dealer Johann König Can Remain Online, a Court Has Ruled The court also ruled that three partial phrases must be removed from the story. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 21, 2022
Law Russia’s Culture Minister and One of Its Most Prominent Art Patrons Are Now Facing Sanctions in the West The E.U. sanctioned Olga Lyubimova, while the U.S. imposed the same punishment on oligarch Vladimir Potanin. By Artnet News, Dec 20, 2022
Law The Heirs of a Jewish Art Collector Are Suing the Met Museum for Selling a Van Gogh Painting They Say Was Plundered by Nazis The Met sold the painting in a hush-hush 1972 transaction. Why the secrecy? By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2022
Law A New York Judge Has Ordered Pace Gallery to Pay $6.3 Million to a Real Estate Firm The company CBRE alleges that it helped Pace secure a new lease in 2015 but the gallery refused to pay commission fees. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 14, 2022
Law A Sheikh From Qatar’s Ruling Family Has Won a $5 Million Legal Battle Against a London Art Dealer The judge ruled that art dealer John Eskenazi acted in good faith, but that seven "ancient" sculptures he sold to the sheikh were actually contemporary forgeries. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 13, 2022
Law Richmond’s Last City-Owned Confederate Monument—Standing Atop the Grave of General A.P. Hill—Has Been Removed Until today, the removal of a memorial to General A.P. Hill had been repeatedly stalled by litigation. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 12, 2022
